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New Woollam, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Third Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65066. It lies near Cedar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Goerlisch Ridge quadrangle.

New Woollam within Gasconade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of New Woollam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 246 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
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
21 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179427-03734-07212019-1810
5 April 1992Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200555-03734-03082020-1110
8 March 1992Debris and open burning95 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gasconade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 89 workings within 5 miles of New Woollam: 87 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
MeyerStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
O.S. White QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Aufderheide - Rousget PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Aufderheide PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gasconade 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
Old Woollam1.5 miles16
Witte Ford (historical)2.3 miles16
Suelthaus Ford2.4 miles16
Drewel Ford (historical)3.8 miles16
Valentine Ford4.2 miles16
Owensville4.4 miles16
Canaan4.5 miles16
Old Bland5.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729580. 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.