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Wiffenberg, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boeuf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65066. The Survey maps it on the Rosebud quadrangle.

Wiffenberg within Gasconade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Wiffenberg between 1996 and 2020, burning about 259 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/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178377-03623-03212019-1730
13 March 1996Equipment and vehicle use45 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined81 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gasconade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 97 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 97 workings within 5 miles of Wiffenberg: 96 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron, Lead. 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
Sickendick LandIron, LeadPast Producer
Bueker PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
FelhaberFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Helkergoumer PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Hesemann PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Jadelot #1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Nebelsick PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Schlotave PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gasconade 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
Drake1.8 miles20
Rosebud5.3 miles20
Stony Hill6.5 miles21
Cave Hill6.6 miles16
Swiss7.4 miles21
Bay7.5 miles21
Old Woollam8.0 miles16
Witte Ford (historical)8.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755628. 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.