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Nickelville, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Ozark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65646. It stands on Wright Branch. The Survey maps it on the Halltown quadrangle.

Nickelville within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Nickelville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 138 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
11 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177145-05558-06092018-1104
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177144-05558-04182018-1542
16 February 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 November 2020Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservation251204-05558-11182020-1329
31 October 1999Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 January 2018Debris and open burning2.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177137-05558-01062018-1555
6 January 2018Debris and open burning2.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177139-05558-01062018-1934

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Nickelville: 10 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, 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
Compton MineIronPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & Zinc & BariteBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Williams MineCopperPast Producer
Lawrenceburg MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincProspect
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Nicholas QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sullivan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Lawrenceburg2.2 miles18
Stinson2.8 miles17
Paris Springs3.4 miles18
Spencer3.8 miles18
Call4.9 miles17
Halltown5.1 miles18
Heatonville6.3 miles17
Miller7.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741104. 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.