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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Halltown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Halltown quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177145-05558-06092018-1104 |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177144-05558-04182018-1542 |
| 16 February 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251204-05558-11182020-1329 |
| 31 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177137-05558-01062018-1555 |
| 6 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177139-05558-01062018-1934 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc & Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Williams Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrenceburg Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Nicholas Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sullivan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceburg | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Stinson | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Paris Springs | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Spencer | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Call | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Halltown | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Heatonville | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Miller | 7.6 miles | 17 |
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.







