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Wadell, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64867. The Survey maps it on the Stella quadrangle.

Wadell within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Wadell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. None 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
23 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 1994Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230657-07353-06102020-2035
8 May 2017Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 2019Debris and open burning7.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179181-07353-03262019-1645
19 March 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wadell: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Old K.D.F. MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Stella2.3 miles11
Newstead (historical)2.6 miles11
Wanda3.2 miles11
Cartmell (historical)4.2 miles11
Grangeville (historical)4.4 miles11
Fairview4.4 miles11
Boulder City5.1 miles11
Chester (historical)5.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739497. 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.