Pinkley, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Lesterville Township. It stands on Taum Sauk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnson Shut-Ins quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 21 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.
- 1924 USGS Edgehill quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Edgehill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Johnson Shut-Ins quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Johnson Shut-Ins quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Pinkley (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 778 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 126 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178612-00000-04222019-1515 |
| 18 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Pinkley (historical): 9 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Fred Swearingim Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Collins Prospect Number 1 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Collins Prospect Number 2 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Drennen Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kipp Prospect | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesterville | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Springs | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Monterey | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Black | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Munger | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Smithboro | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Edgehill | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Centerville | 8.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739933. 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.














