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Smithboro, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lesterville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63654. It lies near Smith Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lesterville quadrangle.

Smithboro within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Smithboro between 1992 and 2019, burning about 670 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning15
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 2019Debris and open burning4.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178612-00000-04222019-1515
19 April 1997Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 1992Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 1997Recreation and ceremony26 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds 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 Smithboro: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LeadLeadProspect
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds 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
Lesterville4.4 miles18
Lake Springs4.5 miles18
Redford6.3 miles18
Pinkley (historical)7.6 miles21
Centerville7.7 miles20
Alamode (historical)10.6 miles18
Riverside (historical)11.0 miles18
Black11.2 miles19

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 SmithboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28018055The 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 730442. 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.