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Carrington, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Round Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65251. The Survey maps it on the Guthrie quadrangle.

Carrington within Callaway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Carrington between 1992 and 2018, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 March 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176470-01419-03042018-1414
4 March 2005Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 March 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 March 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 March 2005Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Callaway County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Carrington: 27 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Coal, Iron, Iron. 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
Dunn BankCoal, IronPast Producer
Knight BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Callaway Rock Quarry & PlantStone, 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
Harbison - Walker PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Callaway County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrington in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCarrington-Strong straight-line winds accompanied a brief tornado that approached Fulton from the southwest. These downed and damaged numerous trees between CR-325 and northwest Fulton. Winds ripped off the front part of a trailer near Carrington. In Fulton, the stoplights at Bluff and Industrial Ave were damaged, as was the Sonic restaurant sign on North Bluff Street. Numerous street lights sustained damage throughout town, and 2 utility poles were downed. The old KFAL radio tower was knocked down. Finally, large and healthy trees were uprooted on the Warson Woods University campus. Here, metal bleachers were blown over and debris was found in trees.

Every storm recorded in Callaway 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
Boydsville2.7 miles21
Guthrie4.0 miles21
Millers5.3 miles23
New Bloomfield6.3 miles22
Ellerslie (historical)6.3 miles22
Pitcher6.4 miles22
Fulton6.5 miles22
Dixie6.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749224. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.