Pronax, Missouri

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Independence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63536. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Downing quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pronax within Schuyler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1903 USGS Edina quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Downing quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Kirksville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pronax (historical) between 2002 and 2019, burning about 205 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 burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	190455-09822-09052019-0400
23 March 2002	Debris and open burning	180 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 March 2002	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schuyler 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Downing	6.8 miles	9
Germania	6.9 miles	9
Clifton	7.1 miles	9
Queen City	11.0 miles	11
Greentop	11.4 miles	11
Vinita	12.4 miles	7
Lancaster	12.7 miles	7
Bunker Hill	13.0 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740177. 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.