Charity, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65644. It stands on Hog Eye Branch. The Survey maps it on the Charity quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Charity quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Charity between 1994 and 2020, burning about 540 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261467-11201-09172020-1604 |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 259 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | TURKEY BAIT FIRE |
| 24 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 116 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134919-05300-03232016-1500 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charity in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charity | - | There were several large tree limbs blown down on State Road M and State Road W. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charity | - | There were several tree limbs blown down and debris on State Road M west of State Road W. |
| November 2010 | Hail | Charity | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Charity | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Charity | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charity | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Charity | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charity | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charity | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charity | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Flash Flood | Charity | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Limekiln Ford (historical) | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Grove | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Boyd | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hico (historical) | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| March | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Handley | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Gaunt Ford (historical) | 6.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 715738. 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.
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.






