BlockDeer Park, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Three Creeks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65201. It stands on North Fork Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Deer Park between 1992 and 2005, burning about 120 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1992 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 March 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Deer Park: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Park in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree on Rock Quarry Road near intersection with Gans Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Deer Park | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in just under two hours causing flash flooding, especially across southern portions of Boone County. Numerous roads were flooded including South Tom Bass Road north of Ashland due to Turkey Creek rising well above it's banks. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | - | A large sign was blown down at the intersection of Highway 163 and S. Bennett Drive. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Deer Park | - | Boone County Emergency Management reported 3/4 inch hail in the Deer Park area. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Deer Park | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749610. 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.