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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Brazito quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 February 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jack Mine | Barium-Barite, Zinc | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unknown-Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plant # 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rapp Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Lead and Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Lead and Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazito | $40,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a double wide mobile home that was being transported on Highway 54 near Brazito. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Brazito | $20,000 | Lightning 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazito | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Brazito. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazito | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs along Route D, about two miles northwest of Brazito. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Brazito | - | Several cars sustained broken windows due to the large hail. |
| January 2005 | Hail | Brazito | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail south of Brazito. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Brazito | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Brazito | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brazito | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brazito | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brazito | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Brazito | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazito | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Brazito | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Brazito | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brazito | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Honey Creek | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Scrivner | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Hickory Hill | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Osage Bluff | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Millbrook | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Stringtown | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| Decatur | 6.2 miles | 19 |
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.










