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North River, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Fabius Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63461. It stands on Lazy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Quincy SW quadrangle.

North River within Marion 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

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of North River between 1999 and 2020, burning about 274 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/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
18 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179113-06438-08182019-1555
17 August 2020Other causesunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230745-06438-08172020-2035
10 July 2019Fireworksunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179032-06438-07102019-2250
13 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177505-06438-05132018-1502
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177504-06438-04302018-2136
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177501-06438-04272018-1335
10 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178767-06438-04102019-1045
7 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177434-06438-03072018-1341

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of North River: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Christner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Martin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stewart Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
South River2.3 miles18
Dunsford2.8 miles18
Huiskamp3.2 miles18
Mark3.3 miles18
Dodge City3.7 miles13
Palmyra3.9 miles13
Marion City (historical)4.2 miles18
Smileyville4.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741108. 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.