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Vilander, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65441. The Survey maps it on the Onondaga Cave quadrangle.

Vilander within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Vilander between 1992 and 2018, burning about 975 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation141439-02810-09062016-1027
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128571-03627-09232015-1312
4 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation142412-03627-08102016-1412
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 May 2011Smoking1.0 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 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Vilander: 25 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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
Bleeding Hill Copper MinesLead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Hinch Hill MineCopper, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Mineral Hill MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Iron / Copper / ManganeseIron, Manganese, CopperOccurrence
Unknown - LsStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hobo MineIron, CopperPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Darby MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Rich Hill DiggingsLead, ZincPast 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
Harrison Mills1.4 miles21
Hinch2.6 miles21
Crossroads6.1 miles21
Scotia6.4 miles21
Saint Cloud6.8 miles20
Butts7.1 miles21
West Sullivan7.2 miles20
Bourbon7.2 miles20

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 Q122563449The 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 752715. 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.