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Park, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64844. The Survey maps it on the Newtonia quadrangle.

Park within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 208 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179439-07311-09282019-1517
31 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 1999Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 June 1994Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 June 1994Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177093-07311-06032018-1731
16 June 1994Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 June 1994Debris and open burning60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Park: 28 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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
Culpepper DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Foster MineLeadPast Producer
Navy Bean-Reynolds MineZincPast Producer1924
Unknown - ZnZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Granby Ore Block 59Lead, ZincPast Producer1850, 1853

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Ritchey2.5 miles11
Pepsin3.9 miles18
Granby City4.6 miles14
Granby5.2 miles14
Talmage City6.1 miles18
Berwick6.3 miles11
Diamond6.4 miles14
Wentworth6.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755535. 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.