Three Island Resort, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65550. It lies near Mud Cave Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Dixon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1936 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Three Island Resort between 1992 and 2017, burning about 747 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PJ WF |
| 30 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WESTERN STAR |
| 27 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TURTLE |
| 25 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | 3 MILE |
| 12 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | 3 MILE ROAD |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Three Island Resort: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural College Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Jerome Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazzaville Resort | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Franks | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Piney End Resort | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hooker | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Riverside (historical) | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Munger Resort (historical) | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Devils Elbow | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Mossy Resort (historical) | 5.9 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122544680 | The 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 753830. 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.









