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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.

Pinkley within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

20 since 1992

Regional 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 burning12
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
17 May 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Debris and open burning126 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 2019Debris and open burning4.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178612-00000-04222019-1515
18 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 March 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1995Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown LeadLeadPast Producer
Fred Swearingim ProspectManganeseProspect
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Collins Prospect Number 1IronProspect
Collins Prospect Number 2IronProspect
Drennen PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kipp ProspectIronPast Producer
Unknown IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds 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
Lesterville3.5 miles18
Lake Springs3.8 miles18
Monterey5.0 miles21
Black6.0 miles19
Munger6.8 miles21
Smithboro7.6 miles18
Edgehill8.2 miles19
Centerville8.4 miles20

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.