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Amos, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Henry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64752. It stands on Tolley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hume quadrangle.

Amos within Vernon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

In the county-history sources

1,083 words on this township

History of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Henry Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Henry Township - 1,083 words.

Fires near this place

9 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Amos between 2015 and 2020, burning about 528 acres in total. None 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 burning5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 April 2020Debris and open burning17 acresMissouri Department of Conservation210529-10847-04082020-1830
10 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreBourbon County129
9 March 2018Smoking90 acresKansas Forest Service69
22 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service111
23 February 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresBourbon County60
18 February 2017Arson/incendiarism400 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 February 2017Debris and open burning10 acresBourbon County41
18 January 2016Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vernon County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Amos: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Freeto QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Prescott QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Vernon 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
Wolfe (historical)2.8 miles19
Stotesbury3.2 miles22
Rock4.3 miles19
Rinehart6.0 miles20
Metz7.4 miles20
Richards7.6 miles22
Temple (historical)10.6 miles20
Arthur11.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740623. 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.