Bachelor, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65231. The Survey maps it on the Calwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Chamois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Calwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bachelor between 1999 and 2019, burning about 262 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189935-01420-07282019-1545 |
| 2 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 June 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189934-01420-06062019-0946 |
| 18 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177549-01420-05072018-2054 |
| 10 April 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 235 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189996-01420-04102019-1838 |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177541-01420-03042018-1644 |
| 3 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177387-01420-02032018-0115 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bachelor: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blaussett Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bachelor in 1 storm report in 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bachelor | - | Thunderstorm winds lifted the roof panels off of an equipment shed on State Route A near intersection with County Road 181. Also several trees were either uprooted or snapped off nearby. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamrock | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Williamsburg | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Calwood | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Auxvasse | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bryans (historical) | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| McCredie | 8.8 miles | 21 | |
| Kingdom City | 9.3 miles | 21 | |
| Yucatan | 9.7 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740649. 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.










