Compton, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65757. It stands on Compton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove Heights quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Compton within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1937 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:48000
1943 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500
1945 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Oak Grove Heights quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Compton (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 707 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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	46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Arson/incendiarism	3
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	128330-03910-09162015-1250
1 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
31 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
28 August 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
25 August 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 August 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Compton (historical): 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Harper Mines	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Jackson Mine	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown - Lead	Lead	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Webster 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Holman	2.9 miles	20
Panther Valley	3.2 miles	21
Lon	3.7 miles	21
All	3.7 miles	21
Bumgarden Ford	3.9 miles	13
Northview	4.2 miles	13
Red Top	4.8 miles	20
Crown	5.0 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755617. 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.