BlockOld Merritt, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Buchanan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65720. It stands on Boulder Fork. The Survey maps it on the Keltner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 13 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.
- 1937 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Keltner quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Keltner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Old Merritt between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,929 acres in total. None started naturally. 64 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/incendiarism | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,212 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MARTIN |
| 29 July 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RADIO |
| 19 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LITTLE CEDAR CREEK |
| 8 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PERSIMMON HOLLOW |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RADIO |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 89 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PETERS' BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Old Merritt: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rassieur Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Roberts Diggings | Zinc, Lead | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Witty | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Roads | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Goodhope | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Roy | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Red Bank | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson Mill | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ongo | 6.3 miles | 13 |
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 Q122550224 | The 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 751422. 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.