BlockBefore

Origanna, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65470. The Survey maps it on the Grovespring quadrangle.

Origanna within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Origanna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,029 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
11 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 May 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1998Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined366 acresMissouri Department of ConservationMEADS LANE
17 April 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Origanna: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 - S + GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede 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
Agnes2.4 miles17
Competition4.4 miles17
Orla5.0 miles14
Drew5.3 miles17
Lyons6.1 miles17
Evergreen6.4 miles14
Pease6.5 miles12
Clark Ford7.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741125. 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.