Aroma, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Granby Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64844. The Survey maps it on the Neosho East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1916 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Neosho East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Aroma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 327 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179426-07334-09282019-0845 |
| 22 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 360 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 360 workings within 5 miles of Aroma: 359 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Ryan & Co. Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Cadmium Mine | Zinc, Cadmium | Past Producer | ||
| Old Devil Mine | Zinc, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn & Pb & Coal | Zinc, Lead, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Dungy Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Lt. George Chase Shaft | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Shinn Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aroma in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Hail | Aroma | $2,000 | The public reported tennis ball size hail via social media just south of Granby, Mo. The hail fell in a rural area and produces little damage. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aroma | $1,000 | A large event tent was blown completely down due to high winds. No injuries occurred. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monark Springs | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sweetwater | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Granby | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Stark City | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cartmell (historical) | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Newtonia | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Christopher | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Boulder City | 4.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713398. 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.





