Never Spur, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Long Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63823. The Survey maps it on the Bertrand quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Never Spur within Mississippi County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1939 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1969 USGS Bertrand quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Never Spur (historical) in 2019, burning about 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Debris and open burning	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
4 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	179342-06732-07042019-1525
26 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	179343-06732-06262019-1415
9 January 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	178198-80001-01092019-0940
2 January 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	178197-80001-01022019-1650

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mississippi County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Never Spur (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Hedrick Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Mississippi 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
Bertrand	1.0 miles	11
Buckeye	3.2 miles	11
Charleston	4.4 miles	13
Hallett (historical)	6.0 miles	13
Dogwood	6.1 miles	11
Texas Bend	6.2 miles	13
Catalpa	7.7 miles	13
Anniston	8.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739880. 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.