BlockCallaway, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in East Fulton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65251. It stands on Sallees Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kingdom City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Chamois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Kingdom City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Callaway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189998-01420-09202019-2232 |
| 3 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177551-01420-06032018-1353 |
| 15 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177548-01420-05012018-0638 |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177544-01420-04122018-1434 |
| 30 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177396-01420-02272018-1549 |
| 27 February 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177797-01414-02272018-1547 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Callaway: 31 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbison-Walker Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| A.P.Green Refractories,Fulton Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Cox Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hachemeyer Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Harrison Pits 5a & 5b | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| R.S.Lamar Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Callaway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984149 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740031. 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.