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Oak Mound, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65790. It lies near Dividing Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Cureall NW quadrangle.

Oak Mound within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Oak Mound between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,727 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 were 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 1995Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 August 1995Natural7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 July 2012Natural1,126 acresMark Twain National ForestPOTATO CAVE
9 April 2020Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservation241132-04633-04092020-2119
8 April 1992Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Oak Mound: 14 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Sharp MineZincPast Producer1893
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
B H + B MineIronPast Producer
Collins LandIronPast Producer
Fox MineIronPast Producer1910, 1943
J C Bond ProspectIronPast Producer
J.W. Youngblood ProspectIronOccurrence1910
Patillo BrothersIronProspect1953
Ralph Jacobs ProspectIronPast Producer
South Missouri Land Co Number OneIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ozark 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
High Place Lookout Tower2.3 miles14
Dormis3.5 miles14
Althea3.9 miles14
Cross Roads4.3 miles14
Elijah5.1 miles13
Sycamore5.3 miles12
Bird Springs5.5 miles14
Toccoa5.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733824. 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.