Shelby, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thayer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65791. It stands on Cox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thayer quadrangle.

Shelby within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1943 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1946 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1976 USGS Thayer SE quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

89 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Shelby between 1993 and 2020, burning about 966 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning	50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Smoking	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	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 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 2001	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
12 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	22 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	177597-02259-07042018-1845

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shelby: 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Silver. 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	Recorded
Joe Kolosky Prospect	Lead, Silver	Prospect
E C Mainprize Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	1943
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Arthur Arnold	Iron	Occurrence	Surface
Clyde Led Be Her Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Gus Hubble Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Ragan Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Ray Gladden Property	Iron	Prospect	1895
Unknown - Limonite	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Oregon 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
Old Town	1.1 miles	13
Green Town	1.3 miles	13
Thayer	1.7 miles	13
Allen Ford	2.3 miles	13
Clifton	3.7 miles	13
Sloan Ford	5.5 miles	13
Corona	6.7 miles	13
Jeff	7.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726306. 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.