Owen, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63362. It stands on Groshong Branch. The Survey maps it on the Maryknoll quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Owen within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1941 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1945 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Maryknoll quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Maryknoll quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Owen (historical) in 1997, burning about 3 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	2

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
3 January 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 January 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Owen (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Meyer Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ethlyn	2.6 miles	22
Chain of Rocks	3.4 miles	22
Moscow Mills	3.4 miles	24
Fountain N' Lakes	3.5 miles	22
Highview (historical)	3.9 miles	22
Maryknoll	4.7 miles	22
Chantilly (historical)	5.6 miles	22
Old Monroe	6.3 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755620. 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.