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Bellair, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Palestine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65237. It stands on Baslee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bunceton quadrangle.

Bellair within Cooper County

On record in Bellair

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

In the county-history sources

2,130 words on this township

A History of Cooper County, Missouri, from the First Visit by White Men in February, 1804, to the Fifth Day of July, 1876, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Palestine Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Palestine Township - 2,130 words.

Fires near this place

8 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bellair between 2002 and 2020, burning about 3 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
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation210502-02732-04032020-1230
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176925-02732-04272018-1635
22 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176924-02732-04222018-0840
13 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190043-02732-04132019-2255
3 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176875-02732-03032018-1236
26 February 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176871-02732-02262018-1102

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cooper County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bellair: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Leonard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cooper County

Storms near this place

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellair in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2017: 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017Thunderstorm WindBellair-A trained spotter reported a 70 mph wind gust.
September 2008Flash FloodBellair-High waters were reported along Highway E, 2 miles west of Highway 5.
April 2005HailBellair-no account filed
April 2005HailBellair-no account filed
September 2005HailBellair-no account filed
September 2005HailBellair-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cooper 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
Speed2.4 miles18
Petersburg (historical)3.1 miles18
Bunceton3.9 miles18
Pilot Grove4.6 miles18
Hoffman5.4 miles18
Harriston5.5 miles18
Billingsville5.5 miles18
Lone Elm5.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740665. 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.