BlockOld Success, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Upton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65570. The Survey maps it on the Success quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Success quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Success quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Old Success between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,834 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PADDY CHAPEL #1 |
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | PADDY CHAPEL |
| 11 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BUM |
| 22 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | VADA |
| 13 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 89 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CRANE |
| 4 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BELL ROAD |
| 4 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 138 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SUCCESS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Old Success: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Success | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Vada | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Windy Curve | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mitchells Corner | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ellis Prairie | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ellsworth | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Roubidoux | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Roby | 4.9 miles | 19 |
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 Q122590384 | 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 751428. 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.