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Pleasant Mount, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65026. The Survey maps it on the Olean quadrangle.

Pleasant Mount within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Mount between 1992 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
30 September 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178600-06631-04092019-1410
7 April 2001Debris and open burning86 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190263-06631-03052020-1340
31 March 1997Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Mount: 16 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Bixby MineZinc, Lead, CopperProducer
Coulogue MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Olean Lead MinesLeadPast Producer
Sweetwater MineZinc, LeadProducer
Frank R. Milliken MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadProducer
Indiana Creek MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Marys Home ProspectBarium-BariteUnknown
Russell MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown-ClayClayPast Producer
Wrights ProspectClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller 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
Mount Pleasant0.6 miles23
Olean2.4 miles19
Etterville2.8 miles19
Eldon3.7 miles23
Aurora Springs4.9 miles23
Spring Garden5.3 miles19
West Aurora5.8 miles23
Rocky Mount8.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755629. 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.