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Mount Pleasant, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65026. The Survey maps it on the Eldon quadrangle.

Mount Pleasant within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178600-06631-04092019-1410
7 April 2001Debris and open burning86 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190263-06631-03052020-1340

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 19 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead. 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
Bixby MineZinc, Lead, CopperProducer
Coulogue MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Olean Lead MinesLeadPast Producer
Blackburns DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Frank R. Milliken MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadProducer
Indiana Creek MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Marys Home ProspectBarium-BariteUnknown
Russell MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Sweetwater MineZinc, LeadProducer
Unknown-ClayClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller 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
Pleasant Mount0.6 miles19
Etterville2.8 miles19
Olean3.0 miles19
Eldon3.4 miles23
Aurora Springs4.4 miles23
West Aurora5.3 miles23
Spring Garden5.5 miles19
Rocky Mount8.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729565. 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.