Central, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It lies near Little Cedar Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee Pass 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.
- 1930 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Coldwater 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
- 1980 USGS Cherokee Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2000 USGS Cherokee Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Central between 1992 and 2020, burning about 647 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179442-06205-09112019-1450 |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | 21 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WILDCAT SPRINGS |
| 23 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | PITBULL |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CHEROKEE |
| 8 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | CEDAR MTN |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Central: 19 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revelle Prospect | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Schulte | Copper, Lead, Cobalt | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Dr. Robb and Perringer | Lead, Cobalt, Copper | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Hill Prospect | Lead, Cobalt, Copper | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-Cobalt | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Ware Mine | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Hill Shaft | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Mathews Mountain Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Pass | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Zion | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Creek Nation | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Millcreek | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Faro | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Tin Mountain | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Wide Ford | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Cobalt Village | 6.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 753521. 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.













