Bacon, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Walker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65046. It stands on Little Moniteau Creek. The Survey maps it on the Centertown NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Centertown NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bacon between 2018 and 2019, burning about 74 acres in total. None 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190101-06841-08092019-1200 |
| 10 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190096-06841-06102019-1300 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177841-06843-04282018-1654 |
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177840-06843-04192018-1621 |
| 4 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177836-06843-02042018-0825 |
| 20 October 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177868-06843-10202018-1006 |
| 31 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177835-06843-01312018-1521 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Bacon: 17 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dickson Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Tiff Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| English + Powell Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| English Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Reed Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Sartin Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Lead & Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bacon in 1 storm report in 2009: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Bacon | - | Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. U.S. Highway 50 had several inches of water over it and Route O north of California was flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kliever | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Sandy Hook | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Jamestown | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| McGirk | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cedron | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| California | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lupus | 9.5 miles | 20 | |
| Renfro | 10.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740650. 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.










