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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.

Carytown within Jasper County

Population over time

2 figures

Carytown 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.

YearPeople Change
2010271
2020287+16 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

3,484 words on this township

The 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 1996

Regional 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
25 September 2020Debris and open burning7.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230753-02439-09252020-1455
21 September 2020Debris and open burning2.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230712-02439-09212020-1645
29 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220624-02439-08122020-1950
8 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220555-02439-07082020-2335
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220553-02439-07052020-1720
31 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200519-02439-07312019-1745
9 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200518-02439-06092019-0840

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carthage QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionProducer
Mignonette Mine # 3ZincPast Producer
Carthage Crushed Limestone MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Consolidated MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
North Cave MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shepherd MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCarytown-A large tree was reported down on the intersection of Civil War Road and I-49.
March 2020Flash FloodCarytown-The intersection of County Road 130 and Base Line Boulevard was flooded and impassable.
May 2019Flash FloodCarytown-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 2013Thunderstorm WindCarytown-A tree was reported across the road at County Road 180 and Sumac Road.
March 2013HailCarytown-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.

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Preston4.3 miles17
Jasper4.8 miles17
Kendricktown4.9 miles17
Maxville5.2 miles17
Alba6.0 miles17
Carthage6.2 miles17
Purcell6.9 miles17
Neck City7.2 miles17

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 CarytownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967449The 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.