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Midland, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. The Survey maps it on the Steelville quadrangle.

Midland within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Midland between 1992 and 2016, burning about 367 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1992Debris and open burning55 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 April 1997Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning24 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Midland: 23 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur-Pyrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Collins MineClay, IronPast Producer
Copper Bank MineCopperPast Producer
Grady Brothers ProspectCopper, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Halbert's DiggingsIron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mullen MineSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Zane MineSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Meramac River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sankey (historical)0.9 miles22
Steelville1.6 miles22
Birds Nest2.2 miles22
Wildwoods2.3 miles22
Elaver2.7 miles22
Patsy3.1 miles22
Cherry Valley3.6 miles22
Idlewild4.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736524. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.