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Oak Ridge, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Mineral Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65625. It lies near Sink Hole Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Cassville quadrangle.

Oak Ridge within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 13 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Oak Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,357 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
6 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179124-00523-09152019-1705
12 June 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation139593-00523-05152016-2241
7 April 1995Debris and open burning110 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1992Arson/incendiarism42 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oak Ridge: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Silver, 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
Lynn Cave ProspectLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry 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
Dale2.0 miles13
Mineral Spring3.1 miles13
Travers3.2 miles13
Bates Corner4.1 miles13
Smalleys Corner4.1 miles13
Star City4.2 miles11
Hailey4.5 miles16
Cassville4.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751390. 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.