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Scotia, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. It stands on Courtois Creek. The Survey maps it on the Onondaga Cave quadrangle.

Scotia within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Scotia between 1992 and 2017, burning about 839 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 burning33
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
13 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144800-02811-06202016-1354
1 May 1992Smoking23 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation141436-02810-04092016-1329
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1998Debris and open burning22 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Scotia: 19 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Copper, Zinc. 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
Bleeding Hill Copper MinesLead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Harman MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Hinch Hill MineCopper, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Knight ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Ransom's DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Hinch's Lead DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Montres DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Wein's DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Crossroads3.6 miles21
Butts3.8 miles21
Hinch3.9 miles21
Avery (historical)4.1 miles19
Harrison Mills5.1 miles21
Service5.3 miles21
Elaver5.3 miles22
Patsy5.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752061. 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.