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Wilsonville, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Arcadia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63650. It stands on Knob Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Killarney quadrangle.

Wilsonville within Iron County

On record in Wilsonville

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Wilsonville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 505 acres in total. 1 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremony10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 May 1997Smoking223 acresMark Twain National ForestLAKE KILLARNEY
9 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning8.3 acresMark Twain National Forest334
6 April 2000Arson/incendiarism102 acresMark Twain National ForestTURKEY FOOT
4 April 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Wilsonville: 26 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, Dimension, Iron, Manganese, Granite. 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
Cuthbertson Mtn MineManganese, IronPast Producer
Shepherd MountainIron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1815
Jones QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Russel PropertyManganesePast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Buford Mtn MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Cuthbertson's HillIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Sheanan Bros QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unknown - GraniteGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Ironton0.3 miles25
Russellville0.7 miles25
Arcadia1.0 miles25
Pilot Knob1.7 miles25
English Town1.7 miles25
Killarney Shores3.1 miles25
Snow Hollow Lake3.8 miles24
Ghermanville4.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736647. 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.