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Ozark Springs, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65583. It sits by Red Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Ozark Springs quadrangle.

Ozark Springs within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Ozark Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 978 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 June 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177292-02059-06152018-1214
11 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128310-02059-06112015-1338
3 May 2014Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ozark Springs: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Kieseweltter Resort0.9 miles16
Turkey Ridge1.4 miles16
Stillhouse Springs2.7 miles16
Shady Grove3.4 miles16
Richland3.7 miles14
Saint John4.1 miles14
Pippin Place4.7 miles16
Laquey5.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751468. 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.