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Tavern, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65459. It stands on Berry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Van Cleve quadrangle.

Tavern within Maries County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Tavern between 1992 and 2019, burning about 550 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
27 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 July 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use7.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177917-07614-04162018-1517
10 April 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined454 acresMissouri Department of ConservationKK RANCH ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maries 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 Tavern: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Chrisman DigginsLeadPast Producer
Pioneer #1 MineSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Rothwell DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Champion BankIronPast Producer
Chrisman BankIronPast Producer
Lawson Mine Number OneIronPast Producer
Pioneer Mine Number TwoIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Whipple BankIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Maries 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
Ozark Junction0.6 miles20
Meyerstown1.7 miles20
Sudheimer3.3 miles20
Brinktown3.4 miles20
Venus5.2 miles20
Van Cleve5.2 miles20
Big Bend9.1 miles20
Vienna9.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741312. 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.