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Point Rest, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bois Brule Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63775. The Survey maps it on the Rockwood quadrangle.

Point Rest within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Point Rest between 1995 and 2017, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
8 April 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources390417
23 March 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresShawnee National ForestHOG II
19 March 1995Debris and open burning44 acresShawnee National ForestHOG HILL
16 February 2017Debris and open burning4.5 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources190217
12 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresShawnee National ForestHOG HILL

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Point Rest: 2 past producers, 2 prospects. 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
Degonia Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Rockwood Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Menfro2.8 miles23
Belgique3.9 miles22
Grand Eddy4.4 miles23
Crosstown4.9 miles26
McBride6.9 miles22
Sereno7.5 miles22
Farrar8.0 miles26
Claryville8.1 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122557135The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741165. 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.