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Shepard, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Kaolin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63623. It lies near Guyser Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Johnson Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shepard within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 20 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

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Shepard (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMark Twain National ForestTRACTOR
6 June 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresMark Twain National ForestKEITH SPRINGS
6 June 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCOUNCIL BLUFF 17
30 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresMark Twain National ForestCLAYTON
3 April 2005Debris and open burning1.9 acresMark Twain National ForestYOUNT
26 April 2000Smoking20 acresMark Twain National ForestPRUITT MOUNTAIN
25 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresMark Twain National ForestBLUFF
13 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestJOHNSON MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Shepard (historical): 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Lead, Nitrogen-Nitrates. 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
Nitre CaveNitrogen-NitratesPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Burt BankIronOccurrenceSurface
Eaton Iron MineIronPast Producer
Robinson MineIronPast Producer
Kaolin MineClayPast Producer
Montana MineClayPast Producer
Old Barger PropertyClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Enough (historical)1.7 miles20
Banner2.8 miles19
Maxwells Mill4.6 miles20
Redmondville6.5 miles20
Goodland7.4 miles22
Belleview7.8 miles24
East End7.9 miles22
Pin Hook8.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739932. 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.