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Travers, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1999. It stands in McDonald Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65625. It lies near Corder Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cassville quadrangle.

Travers within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Travers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,001 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179124-00523-09152019-1705
9 July 2018Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177592-00505-07092018-1411
25 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177593-00505-07252018-2313
30 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation139594-00523-06302016-1340
12 June 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 May 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Travers: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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 - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry 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
Star City2.2 miles11
Dale2.8 miles13
Oak Ridge3.2 miles13
Butterfield3.8 miles11
Cassville4.9 miles13
East Purdy5.4 miles11
McDowell6.0 miles11
Mineral Spring6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740607. 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.