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Silverton, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Walls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65755. It lies near Hilo Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Wasola quadrangle.

Silverton within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 14 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Silverton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,074 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177165-03437-06232018-1633
17 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined304 acresMissouri Department of ConservationINDIAN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Silverton: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Able LandIronProspect
Albert Robison BankIronPast Producer
Charles Rippee Iron MineIronOccurrenceSurface
Mapes LandIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Hilo (historical)1.8 miles14
Girdner2.8 miles14
Squires3.9 miles14
Sweden5.4 miles13
Rippee (historical)6.4 miles13
Vera Cruz7.7 miles13
Larissa7.9 miles13
Smallett8.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733888. 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.