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Czar, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. The Survey maps it on the Courtois quadrangle.

Czar within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Czar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,265 acres in total. None started naturally. 86 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/incendiarism86
Debris and open burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMark Twain National ForestGOODWATER FIRE
13 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestAIRPORT ROAD
23 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestVICTOR EAST
23 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestVICTOR WEST
13 May 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestEVANS HILL
9 April 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National Forest2711
9 April 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestFLOORING
9 April 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford 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 Czar: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Copper, Cobalt, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, Nickel. 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
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Viburnum No.'s 27, 28, 29, and 35 (Casteel) minesLead, Copper, Cobalt, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, NickelProducer1955, 1960
Central ServicesLeadUnknown
Adams PropertyIronOccurrence
Mine Lamotte Bank No. 1IronPast Producer
Nicholson BankIronPast Producer
Prewitt MountainIronOccurrence
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Dillard4.7 miles22
Davisville5.2 miles20
Center Post6.3 miles20
Huzzah10.6 miles21
Cherryville10.8 miles19
Berryman11.5 miles23
Westover13.1 miles21
Limberlost13.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736599. 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.