Service, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Courtois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. It lies near Fort Diggings Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Huzzah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Huzzah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Huzzah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Service between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,080 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 25 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOBO |
| 21 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | GOBBLERS KNOB |
| 15 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GIBBS SPRING |
| 14 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 83 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DRY CREEK |
| 5 March 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PINE CONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Service: 35 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleeding Hill Copper Mines | Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Harman Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hinch Hill Mine | Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Kings Mountain Mines | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Lead Mountain Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mathews Mines North | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ransom's Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Stanford Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Willians Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butts | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Four Points | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Berryman | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Huzzah | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Scotia | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Westover | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Hinch | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Cherry Valley | 6.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736533. 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.













