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Mineral Spring, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Mineral Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65625. It lies near Rockhouse Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cassville quadrangle.

Mineral Spring within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 13 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Mineral Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,549 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179124-00523-09152019-1705
18 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestTENT RIDGE
15 August 1996Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestHOOTCHIE KOOTCHIE
9 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresMark Twain National ForestTENT ROAD
7 April 2016Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation135592-00509-04072016-2342
7 April 2006Arson/incendiarism36 acresMark Twain National ForestNOT ENOUGH RAIN
6 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation135591-00509-04062016-2345
3 April 1992Arson/incendiarism42 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mineral Spring: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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
Lynn Cave ProspectLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry 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
Bates Corner2.2 miles13
Smalleys Corner2.5 miles13
Oak Ridge3.1 miles13
Lohmer3.4 miles16
Hailey4.4 miles16
Thompsons Corner4.5 miles13
Hilltop4.5 miles13
Dale4.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751115. 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.