Aholt, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chariton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65254. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge quadrangle.

Aholt within Chariton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1890 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Aholt in 1999, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
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
4 March 1999	Smoking	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 November 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every fire recorded in Chariton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Aholt: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls-S+G	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Glasgow Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown - S+G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S+G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S+G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S+G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S+G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S+G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Chariton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lewis Mill	2.8 miles	15
Cazzell	3.5 miles	15
Louisville	3.6 miles	16
Forest Green	5.0 miles	15
Rockford	5.7 miles	15
Oil City	6.3 miles	15
Namrash (historical)	6.4 miles	15
Shannondale	7.2 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740616. 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.