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Thelma, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ruth A Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65737. The Survey maps it on the Garber quadrangle.

Thelma within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Thelma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,577 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230929-10404-09302020-1740
12 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 June 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1997Debris and open burning160 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Thelma: 5 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Gold. 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 - GoldGoldProspect
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Reed Springs Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Table Rock Quarry # 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stone 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
Reeds Spring0.7 miles14
Bear Den Junction (historical)1.9 miles12
Stutts2.0 miles12
Branson West3.1 miles15
Lakeview3.2 miles15
Marvel Cave3.4 miles15
Carico4.2 miles12
Tauria4.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755659. 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.