Quinn, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pierce Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65723. The Survey maps it on the Pierce City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Quinn within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1943 USGS Ritchey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Pierce City quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Quinn (historical) in 1997, burning about 1 acre 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
Arson/incendiarism	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
10 March 1997	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Quinn (historical): 66 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unknown - Pb	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown - Ss	Silica	Past Producer
Frey-Cummings-Suprise Mining Co.	Zinc	Past Producer	1902
Soukop Mine	Zinc	Past Producer	1924, 1943
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown - Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Pierce City Lime Co. North Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Pierce City Lime Co. South Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Smerdon Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Unknown - Ss	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Pierce City	2.9 miles	11
Dry Valley	3.4 miles	18
Clarkson	5.4 miles	18
Forest Park (historical)	6.8 miles	11
Freistatt	8.1 miles	17
Landrum	8.8 miles	17
Stotts City	10.0 miles	17
Globe	10.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740523. 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.