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Munsell, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65588. It lies near Overstreet Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Winona quadrangle.

Munsell within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Munsell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,686 acres in total. None started naturally. 141 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/incendiarism141
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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
23 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestSPLIT GRAVEL
9 July 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarism8.3 acresMark Twain National ForestSUTTON HOLLOW
3 May 1997Arson/incendiarism28 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 May 2015Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation126051-10163-05022015-0000
14 May 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMOTHER'S DAY
11 May 2012Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresMark Twain National ForestTIPPY TOES
9 April 2009Arson/incendiarism25 acresMark Twain National ForestCC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Munsell: 10 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Culpepper ProspectManganeseProspect
Horner Mountain MineManganesePast Producer1954
Crider Bros. Limestone Quarry/MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dean LandIronProspect
Government Land # 5IronOccurrence
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
West Eminence BankIronProspect
Slater MineCopperPast Producer1837

Every working recorded in Shannon 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
West Eminence3.8 miles22
Shawne3.9 miles22
Eminence4.0 miles22
Buckhart Springs (historical)4.2 miles22
Delaware4.3 miles22
Winona6.1 miles22
Alley Spring6.9 miles22
Junction Ferry7.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751236. 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.