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Oakside, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Spring Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65548. The Survey maps it on the Pine Crest quadrangle.

Oakside within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Oakside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,473 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverBUCK
7 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 July 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 1993Fireworksunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverBLUESPRING
6 May 2014Arson/incendiarism80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200503-10163-05022020-1300
2 May 2015Debris and open burning37 acresMissouri Department of Conservation123730-10100-05022015-1532
10 May 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Oakside: 16 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Anderson LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
Barker BankIronOccurrenceLimonite
Bennett-Smith MineIronPast Producer1907
Berry Wm. Land No. 1IronOccurrenceLimonite
Berry Wm. Land No.2IronOccurrenceLimonite
Folsom Alexander LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
Garrison TractIronOccurrenceLimonite
Haggard LandIronOccurrenceLimonite

Every working recorded in Shannon 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
Tin Roof (historical)6.1 miles19
Teresita8.5 miles12
Montier9.2 miles12
Alley Spring11.3 miles22
Alley11.5 miles22
Birch Tree11.7 miles14
Congo (historical)11.9 miles12
Spur 3 (historical)12.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741113. 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.