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Pin Hook, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Iron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63623. It stands on Townsen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.

Pin Hook within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 24 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Pin Hook between 1992 and 2016, burning about 277 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
15 May 2012Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresMark Twain National ForestHATCHERY
13 May 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBELL MOUNTAIN
9 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestWOMBLE HOLLOW
4 April 2004Arson/incendiarism5.8 acresMark Twain National ForestO HIGHWAY 4
4 April 2004Arson/incendiarism15 acresMark Twain National ForestO HIGHWAY 3
4 April 2004Arson/incendiarism11 acresMark Twain National ForestO HIGHWAY 2
4 April 2004Arson/incendiarism33 acresMark Twain National ForestO HIGHWAY 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Pin Hook: 16 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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
Buford MtnIron, ManganesePast Producer
Sheahan Granite QuarryTin, Stone, DimensionPast Producer1888
Unknown - Lead ProspectLeadProspect
Buford MountainIronPast Producer
Robinson MineIronPast Producer
Smith LandIronPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Graniteville QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Belleview0.6 miles24
Graniteville3.6 miles24
Ghermanville4.1 miles24
Snow Hollow Lake4.4 miles24
Middlebrook4.8 miles24
Banner5.4 miles19
English Town6.4 miles25
Pilot Knob6.5 miles25

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 Pin HookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27985387The 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 736624. 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.