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Sarvis Point, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Finley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65746. It stands on Silvey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dogwood quadrangle.

Sarvis Point within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Sarvis Point between 1992 and 2016, burning about 492 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 were 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 burning18
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation140097-11207-09042016-1319
28 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning22 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning150 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sarvis Point: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Harpers MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster 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
Finley Falls2.3 miles14
Olga3.8 miles14
Seymour4.7 miles14
Diggins4.7 miles14
Fordland6.5 miles14
Crabbs (historical)6.6 miles12
Zenar7.0 miles14
Mountain Dale7.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 734978. 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.