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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.

Renfro within Moniteau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

14 since 1994

Regional 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
9 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230741-06843-07192020-0110
19 July 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177843-06843-05042018-1921
14 May 2018Natural1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177842-06843-05142018-2053
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230743-06843-04082020-1710
20 March 2017Debris and open burning11 acresBig Muddy National Wildlife RefugeOVERTON LEVEE
17 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176878-02732-03172018-1030

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moniteau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Huntsdale Dredge Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Klinger DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Frank Smith LandBarium-BariteProspect
H A Kaiser LandBarium-BaritePast Producer
Honey MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Mcdonald MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Ramon MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Tiff MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Moniteau 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
Lupus3.1 miles20
Jamestown6.8 miles20
Cedron6.8 miles18
Sandy Hook9.4 miles18
Bacon10.9 miles18
Kliever11.3 miles19
Clarksburg16.2 miles18
California16.4 miles19

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.