Castor Station, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Castor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It stands on Cape Creek. The Survey maps it on the Higdon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1910 USGS Higdon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Higdon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Higdon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2000 USGS Higdon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Castor Station between 1994 and 2020, burning about 407 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179389-02359-09292019-1930 |
| 30 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 139671-06205-08302016-1149 |
| 30 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MADISON |
| 22 May 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 137331-06205-05222016-1824 |
| 18 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PUMA |
| 1 May 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200545-06205-05012020-1338 |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190377-06205-04052020-1715 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Castor Station: 22 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredricktown Claim | Cobalt, Nickel, Lead, Gold | Producer | Anglesite, Bornite, Covellite, Galena | |
| Harry Clover Property | Manganese, Gold, Iron, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Marshall | Lead, Cobalt, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-Cobalt | Lead, Nickel, Cobalt, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead.Zinc-Copper.Cobalt | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Cornwall Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Higdon | Lead | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Marshall Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Missouri Petroleum Products Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Moyer Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castor Station in 1 storm report in 2018: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castor Station | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hahns Mill | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Higdon | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Cobalt Village | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Klendike | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Marquand | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Fredericktown | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Junction City | 7.1 miles | 17 |
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 Q3471814 | 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 737873. 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.














