Clearwater, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63670. It stands on Coldwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coffman quadrangle. It stands 564 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 19 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.
- 1907 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 3 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 Coffman quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS Coffman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Clearwater between 1995 and 2020, burning about 56 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 April 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ANDERSON HOLLOW |
| 18 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178129-09533-04182019-1945 |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178130-09533-04182018-1645 |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190195-09526-03082020-1530 |
| 9 January 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | COUNTY LINE |
| 31 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176234-09435-01312018-0912 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Clearwater: 10 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Iron, Lead, Nickel, Cobalt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron-Pb-Ni-Cu-Co | Copper, Iron, Lead, Nickel, Cobalt | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Cobalt-Nickel-Copper | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc-Copper-Iron | Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Sutton T.J. Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Avon Prospect | Lead | Past Producer | 1848 | |
| Saline Valley Mine | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clearwater in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Clearwater | - | Up to 5 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time over southern portions of Ste. Genevieve County. Several roads were flooded and Saline Creek was out of its banks where it runs parallel to Boyd Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffman | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Avon | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Minnith | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Womack | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| River aux Vases | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Pickel | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Ozora | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Weingarten | 9.3 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Clearwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5130920 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735962. 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.














