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Pertle Springs, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Warrensburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64093. The Survey maps it on the Cornelia quadrangle.

Pertle Springs within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

In the county-history sources

5,328 words on this township

The History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Warrensburg Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Warrensburg Township - 5,328 words.

Fires near this place

55 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Pertle Springs between 2003 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning11
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
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
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177674-05130-09232018-1600
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 August 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
22 August 2003Natural1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Pertle Springs: 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bruce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marr Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pickel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Bowmansville1.6 miles20
Warrensburg2.1 miles22
Blackwater (historical)4.1 miles22
Bristle Ridge4.1 miles20
Centerview6.1 miles19
Cornelia6.2 miles20
Montserrat6.5 miles23
Burtville7.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740248. 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.