Carytown, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Preston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64836. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle. 287 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 924 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCarytown grew from 271 to 287 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 271 | |
| 2020 | 287 | +16 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1886 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,484 words on this townshipThe History of Jasper County, Missouri : Including a Condensed History of the State, a Complete History of Carthage and Joplin, Other Towns and Townships : Together with Numerous Portraits of Prominent Men : Cuts of Elegant Residences and Public Buildings : a Sectional Map of the County : Biographical Sketches of Many Enterprising Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional, and Business Men : the Constitution of the State : an Abstract of Laws : an Elaborate History of Jasper County - Its Topography, Natural History, Pioneers, Organization, Political History, Courts and Bar, Religious, Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural, Its Commercial and Business Interests, Etc, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Preston Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Preston Township - 3,484 words.
Fires near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Carytown between 1996 and 2020, burning about 74 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 7.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230753-02439-09252020-1455 |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230712-02439-09212020-1645 |
| 29 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220624-02439-08122020-1950 |
| 8 July 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220555-02439-07082020-2335 |
| 5 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220553-02439-07052020-1720 |
| 31 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200519-02439-07312019-1745 |
| 9 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200518-02439-06092019-0840 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Carytown: 13 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carthage Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Mignonette Mine # 3 | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Carthage Crushed Limestone Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Consolidated Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| North Cave Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shepherd Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn & Pb | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn & Pb | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carytown in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carytown | - | A large tree was reported down on the intersection of Civil War Road and I-49. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Carytown | - | The intersection of County Road 130 and Base Line Boulevard was flooded and impassable. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Carytown | - | Water was reported over Highway D, 1/2 mile west of Civil War Road and water was also over the road just south of the same locations. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carytown | - | A tree was reported across the road at County Road 180 and Sumac Road. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Carytown | - | There was pea size to quarter size hail covering the roadway. Three cars slid off area roadways due to hail. Time of event was estimated. |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Carytown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967449 | 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 740725. 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.









