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School, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65610. The Survey maps it on the Hurley quadrangle.

School within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
7 April 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 1992Debris and open burning36 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation261451-10402-04182020-1319
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261450-10402-03072020-1300

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone 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 School: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arnt MineIronPast Producer
Smarts DiggingsIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stone 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
Union City1.0 miles12
Possum Trot2.2 miles12
Browns Spring2.4 miles12
Hurley2.9 miles12
Jamesville5.1 miles12
Quail5.5 miles12
Bradfield5.7 miles12
Crane6.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740421. 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.