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Spring Valley, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elk River West Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64854. It stands on Yarnell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Noel quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Spring Valley within McDonald County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley between 1992 and 2018, burning about 637 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning9
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 August 2012Natural50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 March 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 March 2001Smoking85 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 March 2014Arson/incendiarism75 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBEN12451547
15 March 2016Arson/incendiarism46 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDonald County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley: 13 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Armstrong & Cravens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
John P Hughes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joplin-Elk River Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lanagan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lewis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Madge Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mill Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Railroad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDonald 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
Noel0.9 miles13
Armstrong Quarry2.4 miles13
Mount Shira2.8 miles13
Saratoga3.1 miles13
Elk Springs3.2 miles13
Ginger Blue3.3 miles13
Pack3.6 miles13
Riverside Inn3.9 miles13

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 Spring ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q137714053The 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 754355. 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.