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Mitchells Corner, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Lynch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65444. The Survey maps it on the Success quadrangle.

Mitchells Corner within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Mitchells Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 678 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning17
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2
Natural1

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
25 July 1997Natural2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 May 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestVADA
13 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined32 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism89 acresMark Twain National ForestCRANE
4 April 2005Debris and open burning138 acresMark Twain National ForestSUCCESS
25 April 2014Arson/incendiarism26 acresMark Twain National ForestBLUES
2 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMark Twain National ForestRURAL FIRE
2 April 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mitchells Corner: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas 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
Ellis Prairie1.7 miles15
Success2.5 miles15
Plum Valley3.4 miles14
Old Success3.4 miles15
Venable4.1 miles21
Roubidoux4.1 miles15
Ellsworth4.4 miles15
Vada4.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751133. 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.