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Ashley Creek, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65555. It lies near Creek Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Montauk quadrangle.

Ashley Creek within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Ashley Creek between 1992 and 2015, burning about 675 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverCEDAR GROVE HAYBALES
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverBIGCREEK
22 May 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 1997Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2001Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas 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 Ashley Creek: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Montauk MineIronPast Producer
Shafer MineIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronProspect
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashley Creek in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
May 2024Flash FloodAshley Creek-State Highway B was closed in eastern Texas County due to flooding.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindAshley Creek-Several trees were blocking the road near Highway B and Highway AY.

Every storm recorded in Texas 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
Nile3.2 miles20
Mahan7.3 miles18
Oscar7.6 miles18
Raymondville8.9 miles18
Hartshorn9.6 miles20
Licking11.1 miles18
Eunice11.9 miles17
Yukon12.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740639. 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.