Oakhill, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Roaring River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65641. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle.

Oakhill within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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.

1927 USGS Shell Knob quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Shell Knob quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Golden quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
1999 USGS Golden quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Oakhill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 498 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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
Arson/incendiarism	23
Debris and open burning	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
11 September 2011	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 June 1993	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 June 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 1995	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 1993	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
8 April 2007	Arson/incendiarism	11 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	DODGE HOLLOW ATV
8 April 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not 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 Oakhill: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Iron, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown - Iron-Lead-Zinc	Iron, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown - Lead-Zinc	Lead, Zinc	Prospect
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
W H Sperry Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chain-O-Lakes	2.4 miles	15
Golden	3.4 miles	15
Eagle Rock	4.0 miles	13
Mano	5.3 miles	15
Emerald Beach	5.5 miles	15
Arrow Point	5.7 miles	15
Shell Knob	9.9 miles	16
Lohmer	11.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751399. 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.