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Plainview, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Independence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63530. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle.

Plainview within Macon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 2002 and 2017, burning about 194 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning1

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
2 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 February 2002Debris and open burning21 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macon County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Plainview: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Macon 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
Barnesville2.8 miles12
Love Lake4.0 miles10
Atlanta4.2 miles10
Cottage4.2 miles12
Cardy5.7 miles10
Elmer5.7 miles12
Seney5.7 miles12
Mercyville5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741157. 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.