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Almon, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Stark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65732. It stands on Gooseneck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Branch quadrangle.

Almon within Hickory County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Almon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,484 acres in total. None started naturally. 56 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/incendiarism56
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation130297-01506-09142015-2112
20 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220642-01506-08202020-1703
18 August 1994Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 2018Debris and open burning6.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177197-01506-07042018-1713
16 July 1999Debris and open burning183 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177046-01506-05092018-1507
9 April 2014Arson/incendiarism33 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hickory 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 Almon: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Lawrence Ethrage Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marrow MineLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hickory 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
Jordan5.0 miles17
Preston6.1 miles17
Cross Timbers8.4 miles17
Nemo10.5 miles20
Carsons Corner11.5 miles20
Hermitage11.8 miles20
Round Bottom Ford (historical)13.8 miles20
Pittsburg13.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739165. 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.