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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1943 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Berryman 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 Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Davisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Davisville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | FORD |
| 23 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | VICTOR EAST |
| 23 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | VICTOR WEST |
| 17 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BRAZIL CAMPFIRE |
| 26 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | RED BLUFF |
| 5 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | UPPER ISAACK HOLLOW |
| 9 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | COPPER HILL |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DAVIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumbo Shaft | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Kellogg Shaft | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Poverty Flat Workings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Jumbo Shaft | Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc | Occurrence | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Kellogg Shaft | Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc | Occurrence | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Nicholson Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davisville | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Huzzah | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Berryman | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Czar | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Westover | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Four Points | 7.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cherryville | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Dillard | 8.5 miles | 22 |
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.













