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Carbon Hill, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Montserrat Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65336. The Survey maps it on the Knob Noster quadrangle.

Carbon Hill within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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.

In the county-history sources

297 words on this township

History of Johnson County, Missouri, published 1918 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Montserrat Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Montserrat Township - 297 words.

Fires near this place

38 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Carbon Hill between 2003 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177832-05130-09252018-1508
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177643-05130-09022018-1203
10 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177655-05130-09102018-1345
9 August 2018Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177511-05130-08092018-1447

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Carbon Hill: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boyd Shale PitClayPast Producer
Montserrat QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Montserrat0.8 miles23
Knob Noster2.7 miles23
Bristle Ridge5.2 miles20
Valley City6.0 miles23
Warrensburg6.9 miles22
Burtville7.1 miles19
Blackwater (historical)7.2 miles22
Pertle Springs7.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755631. 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.