Cook Station, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65449. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cook Station quadrangle.
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.
- 1932 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:48000
- 1933 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Steelville quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1978 USGS Cook Station quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Cook Station between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,736 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | ZISKE |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 60 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Cook Station: 57 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Yeary Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Arthur Mines | Lead | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Jonas Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Metcalf Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cook Station in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Hail | Cook Station | $5,000 | Golf ball-size hail damaged cars in the Cook Station area. |
| September 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Cook Station | $5,000 | A home sustained damage after a tornado briefly touched down. Many trees in the area were also knocked down or snapped off. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cook Station | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off a tree in town. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cook Station | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees near Highway M about one and a half miles north northeast of Cook Station. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Cook Station | - | A tornado touched down about 4 miles west of Cook Station and paralled/crossed Highway YY several times before lifting and dissipating about 3 miles west northwest of Cook Station. Damage was observed at the Carr Cemetery and the High Adventure Game Ranch. Damage consisted of snapped and uprooted trees and downed branches. The worst damage was at the Carr Cemetery where a number of large healthy oak trees were snapped just above the base. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Cook Station | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Cook Station | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goltra | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Wesco | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Limberlost | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Keysville | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Klein Ford | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Ford | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Lead Branch Junction | 7.1 miles | 21 | |
| Cherryville | 9.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716227. 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.














