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Coldwater, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cedar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63964. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coldwater quadrangle. It stands 489 feet above sea level.

Coldwater within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Coldwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 287 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179444-06205-09182019-1555
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177375-06205-08052018-1642
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177374-06205-08042018-1850
17 May 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2018Debris and open burning3.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177115-06205-05012018-1610
6 April 2013Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Coldwater: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownZincProspect
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Kelly LandIronOccurrence
Kinkad LandIronOccurrence
Kinkad LandIronProspect
Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No 32IronOccurrence
Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No. 34IronOccurrenceSurface

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coldwater in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001Thunderstorm WindColdwater$5,000Several trees and utility poles were blown down around Highway 67 and Highway EE. Several tree limbs around 5 inches in diameter were blown down at Cascade.
November 2024FloodColdwater-Minor flooding occurred along the St Francis river at Patterson. The flooding was mainly of bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas.
August 2023Flash FloodColdwater-U.S. Highway 67 was flooded near Coldwater.
August 2001HailColdwater-Reported near Highway 67 and Highway EE.
October 1993HailColdwater-Reported by the county sheriff.
May 1998HailColdwater-no account filed
July 1997HailColdwater-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindColdwater-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Head Ford (historical)3.0 miles19
Burch3.8 miles19
Lodi4.0 miles19
Missionary Acres6.9 miles20
Bounds7.0 miles20
Clubb7.0 miles20
Brunot7.3 miles20
Cascade7.5 miles19

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 ColdwaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471591The 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 716084. 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.