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Brazito, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Clark Township. The Survey maps it on the Brazito quadrangle.

Brazito within Cole County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Brazito between 2005 and 2014, burning about 136 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 March 2005Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 February 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Brazito: 18 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Blue Jack MineBarium-Barite, ZincPast ProducerSurface
Unknown-LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant # 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rapp MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown-Lead and ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown-Lead and ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cole County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brazito in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBrazito$40,000Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a double wide mobile home that was being transported on Highway 54 near Brazito.
July 2011LightningBrazito$20,000Lightning struck a building that housed the sales/gift shop of a nursery. Fire spread rapidly through the building and it is considered a total loss. No injuries were reported and the other buildings nearby were unharmed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBrazito-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Brazito.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBrazito-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs along Route D, about two miles northwest of Brazito.
March 2012HailBrazito-Several cars sustained broken windows due to the large hail.
January 2005HailBrazito-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail south of Brazito.
April 2007HailBrazito-no account filed
April 2006HailBrazito-no account filed
April 2005HailBrazito-no account filed
April 2005HailBrazito-no account filed
April 2005HailBrazito-no account filed
May 2003HailBrazito-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBrazito-no account filed
June 1999HailBrazito-no account filed
April 1999HailBrazito-no account filed
May 1998HailBrazito-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cole 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
Bass1.5 miles19
Honey Creek3.4 miles17
Scrivner4.1 miles19
Hickory Hill4.3 miles19
Osage Bluff4.6 miles17
Millbrook4.7 miles19
Stringtown6.0 miles20
Decatur6.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 714662. 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.