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Seneca Quapaw Agency, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Seneca Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64865. The Survey maps it on the Racine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Seneca Quapaw Agency within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Seneca Quapaw Agency (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,070 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 22 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Natural23
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism103 acresMiami AgencyWILCOX
4 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresMiami AgencyMODOC
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism90 acresMiami AgencySPOOKLIGHT
6 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use23 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 2010Natural8.0 acresMiami AgencyM & M
31 August 2010Natural1.0 acresMiami AgencyWHAT U DO
31 August 2000Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Seneca Quapaw Agency (historical): 18 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
American Tripoli Division PitsEmeryProducer
Unknown - TripoliSilicaPast Producer
Unknown - ZnZincPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baxter MinesLeadPast Producer
Potwin & Holmes MineLeadPast Producer
Sibley DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Wela Park3.5 miles16
Seneca4.0 miles16
Racine4.5 miles16
Hornet5.2 miles16
Loma Linda6.4 miles16
Westview6.5 miles16
Spring City7.3 miles16
Spurgeon7.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2437569. 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.