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Almartha, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Barren Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65773. It lies near Smith Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wasola quadrangle.

Almartha within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 14 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Almartha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,364 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 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
Arson/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
13 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 August 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 August 1999Natural12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 May 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Almartha: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Charles Rippee Iron MineIronOccurrenceSurface
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Ozark County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almartha in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2000Thunderstorm WindAlmartha$3,000no account filed
March 2023FloodAlmartha-Highway 95 at Spring Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2022HailAlmartha-Nickle sized hail was reported.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAlmartha-A large tree was reported down across Highway 95.
December 2021HailAlmartha-Half dollar sized hail was reported.
January 2019FloodAlmartha-Missouri Highway 95 was closed due to flooding along the Spring Creek across northern Ozark County.
October 2019FloodAlmartha-Highway 95 at the Spring Creek crossing was closed due to flooding from heavy rain.
November 2003Thunderstorm WindAlmartha-Several large trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 1996HailAlmartha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ozark 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
Noble3.0 miles13
Romance3.3 miles13
Grabeel (historical)3.4 miles13
Souder3.5 miles13
Wasola3.7 miles14
Summit City5.4 miles13
Willhoit5.6 miles13
Rockbridge6.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748579. 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.