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Oasis, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Oliver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65739. It sits by Oasis Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Table Rock Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oasis within Taney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Oasis (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 828 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1

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
8 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 August 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 July 2011Natural5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined145 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176963-10404-05122018-1805
2 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined47 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178821-10404-04022019-2300
2 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178820-10404-04022019-1325
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190264-10404-03082020-0740

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taney County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oasis (historical): 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 - IronIronPast Producer
Baird Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taney 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
Cedar Valley (historical)0.4 miles16
Oakmont1.2 miles16
Table Rock4.6 miles16
Ridgedale4.7 miles14
Melva5.3 miles14
Flag (historical)5.9 miles16
Hollister7.2 miles14
Branson8.4 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q17991925The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751405. 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.