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Bingham, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Trotter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64633. The Survey maps it on the Bogard quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bingham within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

In the county-history sources

5,882 words on this township

History of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Trotter Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Trotter Township - 5,882 words.

Fires near this place

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bingham (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 362 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
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 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1995Debris and open burning11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined82 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176251-01749-03232018-2122
21 March 2002Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178351-01749-03182019-1716
16 March 2002Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 March 1995Debris and open burning44 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 March 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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 Bingham (historical): 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
Nance QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Roads5.5 miles15
Mandeville5.5 miles15
Bogard5.9 miles15
Judd6.3 miles15
Palemon6.8 miles15
Stet7.3 miles15
W B Junction7.4 miles15
Carrollton7.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740163. 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.