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Thousand Oaks, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Knobview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65453. It stands on Pruett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indian Springs quadrangle.

Thousand Oaks within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Thousand Oaks between 1992 and 2019, burning about 278 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144733-02811-09122016-1958
29 July 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144732-02811-07292016-1151
23 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144712-02811-06232016-2132
28 May 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 May 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation129938-02811-05252015-1641
8 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation144798-02811-04082016-2034
6 April 2002Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Thousand Oaks: 37 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Collins MineClay, IronPast Producer
Rosati StoneFlagstoneProducer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Julian Pickles ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Pilz ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Powell ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dawson BankClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Scott Ford0.9 miles21
Fox Springs1.3 miles19
Iron Center3.2 miles19
Fanning3.3 miles19
Idlewild3.8 miles19
Wildwoods5.0 miles22
Birds Nest5.5 miles22
Amanda5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737937. 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.