BlockCarsons Corner, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65668. It lies near Lost Hill Island. The Survey maps it on the Hermitage quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Hermitage quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hermitage quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hermitage quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Carsons Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 274 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177579-04373-05232018-1000 |
| 23 April 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176188-03015-03082018-2042 |
| 8 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 March 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179257-04375-03292019-2055 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Carsons Corner: 25 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 - Lead Barite | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Queen Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Tatum Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead Barite | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Dale Costelo Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Hinkle-White No. 2 | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594507 | 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 737928. 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.