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Old Linn Creek, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65052. It sits by Lovers Leap Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Camdenton quadrangle.

Old Linn Creek within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Old Linn Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,226 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Arson/incendiarism29
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
4 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178228-01509-09042018-2000
3 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178057-01502-09192018-1827
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179782-01502-09112019-0812
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179044-01509-09012019-1937
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261559-01502-08062020-2215
30 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Old Linn Creek: 31 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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
Carters Ozark S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Toler BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - Barite-Cu-Lead-ZincBarium-Barite, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Anderson DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
C L Asa DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Floyd MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Zinc-BariteBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Willard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bruin DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden 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
Friedenswald1.2 miles22
Green Bay Terrace1.9 miles22
Linn Creek2.7 miles22
Damsel3.6 miles22
Neongwah4.0 miles22
Camdenton4.5 miles22
Hurricane Deck5.1 miles22
Laguna Beach6.0 miles25

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 Q122545892The 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 723761. 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.