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Center Post, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. It stands on Little Shoal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Davisville quadrangle.

Center Post within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Center Post between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,060 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 59 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/incendiarism59
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
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
7 August 2012Natural11 acresMark Twain National ForestFORD
23 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestVICTOR EAST
23 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestVICTOR WEST
17 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestBRAZIL CAMPFIRE
26 June 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestRED BLUFF
5 May 2005Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresMark Twain National ForestUPPER ISAACK HOLLOW
9 April 2017Debris and open burning3.7 acresMark Twain National ForestCOPPER HILL
8 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestDAVIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Center Post: 18 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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
Jumbo ShaftBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Kellogg ShaftBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Poverty Flat WorkingsZinc, LeadPast Producer1890
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Jumbo ShaftLead, Barium-Barite, ZincOccurrenceBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Kellogg ShaftLead, Barium-Barite, ZincOccurrenceBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Nicholson BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Davisville4.0 miles20
Huzzah4.5 miles21
Berryman5.4 miles23
Czar6.3 miles22
Westover7.6 miles21
Four Points7.7 miles23
Cherryville8.0 miles19
Dillard8.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736598. 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.