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Clara, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Piney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65483. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bucyrus quadrangle.

Clara within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Clara between 1992 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning28
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
30 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 August 1999Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2002Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 April 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Clara: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
M. Manier Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Robert Bedwell PrppertyIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mc CanlessBarium-BaritePast Producer1916
Mccanless Barite MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Murphy Barite MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clara in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 4 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 hail. 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
August 2013Flash FloodClara$2,500,000This storm report will include the total estimated damages due to the flooding event. Numerous roadways and low water crossings were flooded and damaged due to the flood waters across the county. Several homes were flooded. Route ZZ near Douglas Road was closed due to flood waters.
April 2026HailClara-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported.
June 2025Flash FloodClara-State Route ZZ was closed due to flooding.
May 2022FloodClara-Highway Z at the Hamilton Creek low water crossing was closed due to flooding.
November 2015FloodClara-Route ZZ was closed due to flooding between Norris Road and Douglas Road.
August 2013Flash FloodClara-Route ZZ was closed due to flood waters.
April 2011Flash FloodClara-Highway ZZ was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Texas 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
Lundy2.3 miles14
Bucyrus3.1 miles14
Houston3.9 miles19
Mineral Springs City4.6 miles19
Simmons4.8 miles15
Plum Valley5.3 miles14
Dykes5.5 miles14
Hurst5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 715865. 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.