Oakwood, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mason Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. It lies near Rickey Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1932 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Hannibal West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 179 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179720-06417-07252019-1010 |
| 16 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177318-06417-05052018-1413 |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177480-06438-04242018-1353 |
| 20 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177319-06417-04202018-1619 |
| 8 March 2020 | Fireworks | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190315-06417-03082020-1635 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Oakwood: 22 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannibal Plant - Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Missouri Geodes | Gemstone | Producer | 1967 | |
| Bleigh Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gen Stewart S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Poage Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Al Plant - Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Burlington Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Central Stone #7 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Central Stone Co. Quarry #6 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fullgrat Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannibal | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cave City | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| White Bear | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lamb | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Uva | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mungers | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Withers Mill | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Zion Community | 5.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735763. 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.







