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Nordlow, Missouri

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Como Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63870. The Survey maps it on the Malden quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nordlow within New Madrid County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

6 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Nordlow (historical) in 2020, 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2

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
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230739-07254-09272020-1640
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220583-07254-08042020-1555
7 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190416-07254-04072020-2025
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190441-07254-04112020-1825
5 December 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251151-07254-12052020-1805
1 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230762-07254-10012020-1100

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Madrid County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nordlow (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnkIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in New Madrid 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
Melby1.1 miles9
Turner1.1 miles9
Broadwater1.7 miles9
Crumpecker (historical)1.7 miles9
Lorwood2.3 miles9
Parma4.3 miles9
Risco5.1 miles9
Forest Spur5.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739601. 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.