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Buck Creek, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65037. It lies near Forcade Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sunrise Beach quadrangle.

Buck Creek within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Buck Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 490 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2018Fireworksunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178300-06633-08042018-2325
24 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179840-01509-08242019-1421
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178205-01509-08232018-1152
2 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179435-06633-08022019-1500
14 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178302-06633-08142018-1040
13 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230965-07140-07082020-0810

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Buck Creek: 39 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Bunkers ProspectZincPast Producer
Gravois BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brush Creek DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Mcdonald Ranch ProspectBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Joy ProspectLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Rastover ProspectLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Union Electric ProspectLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Caldwell Martin + Co DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Central Missouri DistrictLead, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Cape Galena (historical)1.8 miles22
Rocky Mount3.8 miles22
Laurie4.1 miles22
Gravois Mills6.1 miles25
Proctor9.0 miles24
Barnett11.3 miles19
Marvin12.8 miles23
Todd (historical)13.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738539. 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.