Albatross, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65707. The Survey maps it on the Miller quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1921 USGS Stotts City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Miller quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Albatross between 1996 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177416-05558-08022018-1649 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177417-05558-07042018-1659 |
| 12 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177413-05558-07122018-1403 |
| 8 May 2018 | Smoking | 3.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177415-05558-05082018-2226 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Albatross: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Menefee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albatross in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Albatross | $150,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado. This was the first of two tornadoes that touched down in the Miller area. The most concentrated damage was to a metal building on Highway 39 that had a large portion of the roof torn off. The occupant of the building saw the tornado approaching. Damage to trees southwest of that location marked the beginning of the track. Intermittent damage then extended along a path through southeast Miller, along Highway DD near the intersection of Main Street. The tornado continued northeast into inaccessible areas though damage to trees and an outbuilding was again noted along Farm Road 1140. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Albatross | $20,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado damaged a hay barn and snapped a few power poles approximately two miles south of Miller. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albatross | - | Trained weather spotter with the volunteer fire department estimated winds up to 70 mph. Reports of lots of small limbs and leaf debris down. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Albatross | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Albatross | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Heatonville | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Phelps | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Call | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Gaither (historical) | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Vernon | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Olinger | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Stinson | 6.1 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Albatross | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471731 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713186. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







