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Nineveh, Missouri

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Nineveh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63559. It stands on Shuteye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Connelsville quadrangle.

Nineveh within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Nineveh between 1992 and 2019, burning about 195 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
13 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Arson/incendiarism70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning120 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179290-00000-03262019-1420

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair 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 Nineveh: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chariton River Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adair 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
Connelsville0.4 miles10
Fegley2.5 miles10
Novinger3.0 miles11
Green Grove3.1 miles10
Danforth3.1 miles11
Shibleys Point4.4 miles11
Stahl5.1 miles11
Tipperary5.7 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on NinevehAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18353599The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733657. 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.