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Pyrmont, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Haw Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65078. The Survey maps it on the Pyrmont quadrangle.

Pyrmont within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

51 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Pyrmont between 1997 and 2018, burning about 376 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 September 2016Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation139873-07144-09032016-1552
10 September 1999Debris and open burning149 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation139711-07144-08292016-1007
21 July 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 May 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2014Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 2014Smoking5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Pyrmont: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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
Gabrielle MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Heinaman Barite ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
Holsten ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
Riggs ProspectBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Ba PbBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Cohn & Redman MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Otten DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Price Mill DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Stoecker MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Stover4.9 miles22
Florence5.9 miles18
Glensted8.7 miles18
Aikinsville10.3 miles18
Versailles10.9 miles23
Boylers Mill11.5 miles20
Todd (historical)13.3 miles24
Syracuse13.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755565. 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.