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Varvol, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Sargent Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65793. The Survey maps it on the Willow Springs North quadrangle.

Varvol within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 19 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Varvol between 1992 and 2019, burning about 473 acres in total. 1 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
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
9 August 2010Natural22 acresMark Twain National ForestSHEEKS EAST
26 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning32 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2005Debris and open burning40 acresMark Twain National ForestHWY 137
30 April 1997Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 1993Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Varvol: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - ClayKaolinPast Producer
Unknown - ClayKaolinPast Producer
J.E. CoatneyIronOccurrenceSurface
Leora LandIronOccurrenceGoethite, Limonite
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas 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
Sargent3.6 miles18
Grogan5.6 miles18
Clear Springs5.9 miles17
Elk Creek6.6 miles18
Cedar Bluff7.1 miles18
Cabool7.7 miles18
Tyrone8.6 miles18
Guild8.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740152. 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.