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Piney End Resort, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It lies in ZIP code area 65550. It stands on Big Piney River. The Survey maps it on the Dixon quadrangle.

Piney End Resort within Pulaski 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.

Fires near this place

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Piney End Resort between 1992 and 2019, burning about 719 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPJ WF
30 July 2017Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresMark Twain National ForestWESTERN STAR
27 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestSMITH HOLLOW
5 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Piney End Resort: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Devils Elbow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fred Gray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Howard Ready Mix Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Hooker1.5 miles22
Munger Resort (historical)2.2 miles22
Mazzaville Resort2.3 miles20
Devils Elbow2.5 miles22
Riverside (historical)2.6 miles22
Three Island Resort3.1 miles20
Morgan Heights3.3 miles22
Mossy Resort (historical)3.3 miles22

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.

Wikidata item Q122562866The 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 753835. 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.