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Monkey Run, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Saverton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. It stands on Marble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal East quadrangle.

Monkey Run within Ralls County

On record in Monkey Run

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Monkey Run between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12

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
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources369
10 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources276
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources203
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources204
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources199
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177314-06417-03092018-1150
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190314-06417-03082020-2030
7 March 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190478-06417-03072020-1155

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ralls County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Monkey Run: 15 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Hannibal Plant - Shale PitClayProducer
Bleigh Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gen Stewart S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Al Plant - Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Burlington MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Odell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ralls 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
Ilasco0.5 miles17
Saverton2.5 miles17
Ralls5.4 miles17
Flint Hill5.5 miles17
Salt River6.2 miles18
New London8.0 miles17
Hydesburg (historical)8.8 miles17
Spalding12.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 722530. 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.