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Shawne, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65588. It lies near Odell Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Winona quadrangle.

Shawne within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Shawne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,832 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 81 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/incendiarism81
Debris and open burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
6 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresOzark National Scenic RiverMDC#8
15 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverMARTIN BLUFF
2 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverKLEPZIG MILL
25 June 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverROBERTS
3 May 2014Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 May 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Shawne: 8 past producers, 7 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Manganese. 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
Dean LandIronProspect
Elliot ProspectManganeseProspect
Horner Mountain MineManganesePast Producer1954
Jacks Fork MineIronProspect
James Jones LandIron, ManganeseProspect
Thorny Mountain MineManganeseProspect1916, 1942
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Bonanza ProspectCopperProspect
Freeman LandCopperProspect
Slater MineCopperPast Producer1837

Every working recorded in Shannon 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
Munsell3.9 miles22
Junction Ferry4.8 miles22
Eminence5.5 miles22
Owls Bend5.8 miles20
Gang6.1 miles20
West Eminence6.2 miles22
Deslet7.9 miles16
Delaware7.9 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122568195The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739896. 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.