Peace Valley, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sisson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65775. It lies near Kenaga Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Peace Valley quadrangle. It stands 873 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1945 USGS Montier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Montier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Peace Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Peace Valley between 1993 and 2016, burning about 448 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 295 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135711-04631-04142016-1220 |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 76 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Peace Valley: 10 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Calcium, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Bay Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Onyx | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Elmer Barton Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1910 | |
| Francis Pettijohn Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Henry Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Ford Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ruby Cunningham Property | Iron | Prospect | 1910 | |
| St Francis Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Church | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Chapel | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fanchon | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Trask | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mountain View | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pomona | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Olden | 9.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hutton Valley | 10.1 miles | 14 |
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 Peace Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471262 | 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 724138. 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.






