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Ralls, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal West quadrangle.

Ralls within Ralls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Ralls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 178 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179720-06417-07252019-1010
16 July 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177318-06417-05052018-1413
8 April 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177480-06438-04242018-1353
20 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177319-06417-04202018-1619
8 March 2020Fireworks60 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190315-06417-03082020-1635

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ralls County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Ralls: 22 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Clay. 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
Hannibal Plant - Shale PitClayProducer
Missouri GeodesGemstoneProducer1967
Bleigh Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gen Stewart S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Poage PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Al Plant - Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Burlington MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Central Stone #7 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Central Stone Co. Quarry #6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fullgrat QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ralls 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
Hydesburg (historical)3.5 miles17
Flint Hill4.2 miles17
Ilasco4.9 miles17
Monkey Run5.4 miles17
New London6.8 miles17
Saverton7.5 miles17
Rensselaer7.6 miles11
Spalding8.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740014. 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.