BlockWilsons Creek, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Brookline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65619. It stands on Shuyler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Republic quadrangle.
On record in Wilsons Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Wilson's Creek National Battlefieldlisted 1966 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Republic quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Republic quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Brookline township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
History Of Greene Countv
Since the completion of the r;iilro;id three men have been killed near Brookline. In 1872, an engineer accidentally shot himself at the Winfield crossing, about one mile and a half north of town. He was on his engine at the time, and seeing some prairie chickens, he caught up his gun to shoot them, when the weapon was accidentally discharged, and the unfortunate man was instantly killed.
In the county-history sources
5,823 words on this townshipHistory of Greene County, Missouri .., published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Brookline Township covers description, first settlements, the town of brookline, churches, masonic lodge, republic.
Read the chapter on Brookline Township - 5,823 words.
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Wilsons Creek between 1992 and 2014, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wilson's Creek National Battlefield | WELDON 05 |
| 27 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Wilson's Creek National Battlefield | DRAGGER |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wilson's Creek National Battlefield | ROAD 182 |
| 14 March 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Wilson's Creek National Battlefield | BEETLE |
| 1 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wilson's Creek National Battlefield | LOGAN 06 |
| 2 February 1992 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wilsons Creek: 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clever Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bayliss Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Studley Mine - Pit 1 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Republic | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Brookline | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Riverpark | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Haseltine | 7.8 miles | 21 | |
| Kissick | 7.8 miles | 21 | |
| Nichols | 8.6 miles | 22 | |
| Yeakley (historical) | 8.7 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741361. 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.