Neelys Landing, Missouri

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Shawnee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63755. It stands on Neelys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neelys Landing quadrangle.

Neelys Landing within Cape Girardeau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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.

1918 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500
1925 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1947 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Neelys Landing quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1949 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Neelys Landing quadrangle1:24000

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 Neelys Landing between 1992 and 2017, burning about 222 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
30 September 2002	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Shawnee National Forest	SNAG PATCH 1
30 September 2002	Debris and open burning	7.5 acres	Shawnee National Forest	HALFMOON ISLAND
8 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	PINE HILLS CAMP GROU
20 July 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	PINE HILLS RD
8 April 1992	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 April 2017	Natural	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 April 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	STATE FOREST ROAD
2 April 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35 acres	Shawnee National Forest	BROWDER #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Neelys Landing: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Shawnee High Interest Sand & Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel
Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Neelys Landing Quarry and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cape Girardeau 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lovejoy	2.6 miles	26
Hines Landing	4.0 miles	26
Moccasin Springs	4.2 miles	25
Oriole	4.5 miles	20
Leemon	5.3 miles	20
Egypt Mills	7.0 miles	25
Bainbridge	7.2 miles	25
Pocahontas	7.3 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729353. 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.