BlockSiloam Springs, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Howard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64441. It stands on Little Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Albany North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Grant City quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Grant City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Albany North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maryville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Siloam Springs between 1992 and 2017, burning about 262 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Siloam Springs: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ellenorah | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pinhook | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Gentry | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Albany | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Albany Junction (historical) | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Effingham | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Voyage (historical) | 11.6 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Siloam Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985190 | The 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 730103. 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.