Carbon Center, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64779. The Survey maps it on the Rich Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Rich Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rich Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rich Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Rich Hill quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,836 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911 names this settlement in its chapter on Osage Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The land along the streams and in the peninsula between the Osage and the Marmaton is marshy and subject to overflow, but the remainder is fine and fertile. The northern portion of the township is underlaid with coal, the stratum in some instances being several feet in thickness. The immense valuable mines at Carbon Center, in the extreme northern part, are noticed else¬ where.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911.
Carbon Center, a flourishing mining town, was laid out March 3, 1881, by Col. R. A. Boughan and John Mitchell. The survey¬ ing was done by Charles A. Suck. The village is located in the center of the coal region in the northeastern part of the township (southeast northeast and northeast southeast section 27-38-31), and is almost exclusively a coal mining community. A switch some two miles in length connects it with the Gulf railroad. The coal mines here are excellent. The country generally is under¬ laid with coal at a depth of from three to five feet from the sur¬ face and in veins of considerable thickness.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Osage Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Carbon Center between 2011 and 2020, burning about 163 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 March 2020 | Smoking | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190343-00703-03292020-1410 |
| 13 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176443-00748-03132018-1850 |
| 4 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 February 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 November 2011 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 January 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176441-00748-01302018-1253 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Carbon Center: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Arthur | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Horton | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Ketterman | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Rocky Ford (historical) | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Metz | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Blaine | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Indian Springs | 8.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 715388. 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.










