Renfro, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Linn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65287. The Survey maps it on the Prairie Home quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Prairie Home quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Renfro between 1994 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230741-06843-07192020-0110 |
| 19 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177843-06843-05042018-1921 |
| 14 May 2018 | Natural | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177842-06843-05142018-2053 |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230743-06843-04082020-1710 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge | OVERTON LEVEE |
| 17 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176878-02732-03172018-1030 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Renfro: 18 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsdale Dredge Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Klinger Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Smith Land | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| H A Kaiser Land | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Honey Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Mcdonald Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Ramon Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Tiff Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupus | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Jamestown | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Cedron | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Sandy Hook | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bacon | 10.9 miles | 18 | |
| Kliever | 11.3 miles | 19 | |
| Clarksburg | 16.2 miles | 18 | |
| California | 16.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740533. 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.







