BlockOsage Bluff, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65101. It stands on Higgins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wardsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1888 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Meta quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Meta quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Wardsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Osage Bluff between 2005 and 2014, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 March 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 February 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Osage Bluff: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jack Mine | Barium-Barite, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Lead and Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Farmers Concrete Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roweth Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Creek | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wardsville | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Osage Bend | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Brazito | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Thomas | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bass | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Teal (historical) | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hickory Hill | 8.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Osage Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16896243 | 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 741128. 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.