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Belfast, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Neosho Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64850. The Survey maps it on the Neosho West quadrangle.

Belfast within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

283 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Belfast between 1992 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning147
Missing data/not specified/undetermined85
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use21 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179423-07334-09092019-1425
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230911-07334-09292020-1750
28 September 2004Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Belfast: 30 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Silica, Lead, 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
Cedar Creek MinesZincPast Producer
Freeto QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Johnson LeaseLead, ZincPast Producer
Sheets ShaftLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer
Ailsworth MineLeadPast Producer
Cornwall DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Loveley's MineLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

15 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belfast in 15 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 11 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
March 2008Tornado (EF0)Belfast3 hurt, $100,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado impacted northern sections of the city of Neosho. Ten homes were damaged, three homes were destroyed, and one business was damaged.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindBelfast$8,000Significant damage to the underpinning of a mobile home from high winds occurred.
March 2010HailBelfast$5,000no account filed
March 2010HailBelfast$5,000no account filed
September 2021Thunderstorm WindBelfast$2,000A large limb fell on a home causing minor roof damage.
May 2024HailBelfast-Mping report of quarter size hail.
May 2024HailBelfast-Report of golf ball size hail 6 miles west of Neosho.
August 2023HailBelfast-Penny sized hail was reported.
August 2023HailBelfast-Quarter sized hail was reported.
June 2019Heavy RainBelfast-A CoCoRaHS Observer measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.35 inches.
July 2018HailBelfast-Nickle size hail was reported.
May 2017HailBelfast-Quarter size hail was reported at a business located at Interstate 49 and Highway 86.
April 2017HailBelfast-Quarter size hail was reported at I-49 and Highway 86 near Neosho. This report was from social media.
August 2009HailBelfast-Quarter size hail was reported in Neosho.
March 2007HailBelfast-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Fredville3.7 miles14
Westview4.0 miles16
Racine4.4 miles16
Neosho4.6 miles16
Spurgeon4.8 miles14
Wela Park5.4 miles16
Dessa5.4 miles16
McElhany6.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713891. 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.