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Salt River, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Saverton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63459. It lies near Epperson Island. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal SE quadrangle.

Salt River within Ralls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Salt River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,227 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
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
23 April 2018Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176675-08215-04232018-1850
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177314-06417-03092018-1150
31 March 2020Debris and open burning7.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190477-06417-03312020-1610
10 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177316-06417-03102018-2025
9 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177311-06417-02092018-1519
5 February 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 February 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 December 2019Debris and open burning2.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179723-06417-12052019-1330

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ralls County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Salt River: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free. 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
Hudson ShaleAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeOccurrence
Edward Cooper S+G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Megowan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, 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
Saverton4.8 miles17
Flint Hill5.0 miles17
New London5.1 miles17
Ilasco6.1 miles17
Monkey Run6.2 miles17
Ralls8.6 miles17
Hydesburg (historical)10.7 miles17
Spalding12.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741233. 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.