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Carico, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65656. It lies in Carico Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Galena quadrangle.

Carico within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Carico between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,815 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 burning70
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230929-10404-09302020-1740
27 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 June 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2001Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Carico: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
Unknown - GoldGoldProspect
Reed Springs Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stone 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
Bear Den Junction (historical)2.9 miles12
Galena3.0 miles12
Tauria3.5 miles12
Reeds Spring3.6 miles14
Abesville3.8 miles12
Stutts3.9 miles12
Thelma4.2 miles15
McCord Bend5.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737926. 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.