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Plummer, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65053. It stands on Logan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lohman quadrangle.

Plummer within Cole County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Plummer between 2014 and 2018, burning about 91 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 April 2018Debris and open burning1.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177429-02626-04232018-1450
9 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 October 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 January 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution3.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177426-02626-01262018-1114
25 January 2018Debris and open burning1.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177425-02626-01252018-1745

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Plummer: 20 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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
Reed DiggingsZinc, Barium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Scheplar PitBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
UnknownBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, CoalPast Producer
Unknown - Lead ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown-ShaleClayPast Producer
Dunlap DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Weaver DigLeadPast Producer
Brounele Farm Lead MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Caspary MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Murphy MineBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Cole 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
Apache Flats2.0 miles20
Scruggs2.1 miles20
Saint Martins2.4 miles20
Lohman2.5 miles20
Stringtown3.1 miles20
Elston3.5 miles20
Scott4.6 miles20
Millbrook4.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741163. 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.