Sheil, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. The Survey maps it on the Rensselaer quadrangle.

Sheil within Ralls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Rensselaer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sheil between 1994 and 1997, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning	4
Arson/incendiarism	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
11 April 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 March 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
18 February 1994	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
18 February 1994	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
18 February 1994	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
15 February 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ralls County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sheil: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Freemores Lick	Salt	Past Producer
Unknown	Salt	Past Producer
Central Stone #1 Huntington Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Central Stone Plant #1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Fessenden Lime Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ralls 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Huntington	1.9 miles	11
Hatch	3.3 miles	12
Hassard	3.6 miles	11
Rensselaer	3.8 miles	11
Spalding	4.0 miles	12
Cincinnati	4.9 miles	12
The Landing	5.9 miles	12
Joanna	7.4 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755573. 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.