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Beulah, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63636. The Survey maps it on the Brunot quadrangle.

Beulah within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Beulah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning10
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
26 May 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2016Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation136102-06205-03072016-1540
4 March 2017Recreation and ceremony135 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 March 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Beulah: 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Annapolis MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1865, 1915
Phillips MineManganesePast Producer
UnknownZincProspect
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Carr LandIronOccurrence
Grandin BankIronOccurrence
Kinkad LandIronOccurrence
Kinkad LandIronProspect
Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No 32IronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Shelton Ford2.0 miles19
Jewett3.5 miles20
Varsh Ford4.0 miles19
Saco4.2 miles19
Marsh Creek6.4 miles20
Wide Ford7.5 miles20
Twelvemile7.8 miles19
French Mills8.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 714117. 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.