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Old Greenville, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in St. Francois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63944. It stands on Holliday Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Old Greenville within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Old Greenville (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,786 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 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/incendiarism52
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
28 August 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCHILDS HOLLOW
8 July 2012Arson/incendiarism11 acresMark Twain National ForestBIG BULL
8 July 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestLITTLE BULL
8 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestCHILDS HOLLOW NORTH
8 July 2012Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresMark Twain National ForestRETURN OF BULL RUN
11 June 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestKICKFOOT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Old Greenville (historical): 44 past producers, 7 occurrences, 7 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 - Usfs LandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alley MineIronPast ProducerSurface
Alley MineIronPast Producer1907
Archie Garrison MineIronPast Producer1932
Atkins EstateIronPast Producer
Bennett-Smith MineIronPast Producer
Bingham MineIronPast ProducerSurface
Bingham-Harness&Lundry-Eads-Sawyer-IronPast Producer
Blan PropertyIronPast Producer
Bob Raggin Jr. WilsonIronPast Producer1914

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Greenville1.8 miles20
Kime4.5 miles19
Holliday Landing4.8 miles19
Silva5.2 miles20
Burbank5.5 miles20
Dees Town5.7 miles17
Ladero7.3 miles13
Missionary Acres7.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737874. 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.