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Cedar Gap, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Pleasant Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65746. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Gap quadrangle. It stands 1,686 feet above sea level.

Cedar Gap within Wright County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Gap between 1992 and 2019, burning about 418 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning26
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179176-03401-09022019-1640
19 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 August 2019Naturalunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179175-03401-08202019-1619
23 May 2016Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation136911-11415-05232016-1256
3 April 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Arson/incendiarism30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 April 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 April 1998Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Gap: 39 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lead Hill MinesLeadPast Producer
Mcmullin MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead +ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Berry MineZincPast Producer
Gaskill MineZincPast Producer
Headley Shaft Number OneZincPast Producer
Headley Shaft Number TwoZincPast Producer
Old Headley ShaftZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Gap in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 2019Tornado (EF1)Cedar Gap$5,000,000A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 110 mph traveled along a nearly 24 mile path that began 2 miles west of Mansfield and ended near Highway H about 2 miles west of Manes. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the path, including in Mansfield and Hartville. Several large trees fell onto a home in Hartville causing moderate damage to the home. A grocery store in Hartville had the store front collapse and the back of the store blown in. Additional light roof damage occurred to several homes and other buildings.
May 2011HailCedar Gap$50,000Hail fell in town producing roof and car damage.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindCedar Gap$50,000no account filed
May 2022HailCedar Gap-Half dollar sized hail was reported.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindCedar Gap-Two trees were downed and blocking a road in the vicinity of Cedar Gap near Highway 60.
June 2005HailCedar Gap-no account filed
April 2003HailCedar Gap-no account filed
April 2003HailCedar Gap-no account filed
February 2001Tornado (F0)Cedar Gap-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright 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
Mansfield4.7 miles13
Jerico4.8 miles12
Antrim5.9 miles12
Umpire6.1 miles12
Midway7.5 miles12
Macomb9.5 miles13
New Grove9.6 miles12
Rembert (historical)11.5 miles12

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 Cedar GapAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16740044The 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 715592. 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.