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Celt, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65764. It sits by Webster Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Macks Creek quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.

Celt within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Celt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,912 acres in total. None started naturally. 109 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
Arson/incendiarism109
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 1999Arson/incendiarism580 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 1999Debris and open burning943 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 July 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2014Arson/incendiarism79 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Celt: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc. 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
UnknownLeadPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Celt in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCelt-A public weather station measured a 70 mph wind gust.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCelt-Several trees were uprooted.
August 2008HailCelt-no account filed
August 2008HailCelt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Miller Ford (historical)0.7 miles16
Herrick Ford1.2 miles16
Berry Ford (historical)1.4 miles16
Turner Ford (historical)2.5 miles16
Westfield3.5 miles16
Ralphwhite Ford (historical)3.5 miles16
McPheters Ford (historical)4.0 miles16
Leadmine4.2 miles16

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 CeltAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471682The 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 740731. 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.