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Delmar, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1982. It stands in May/Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65536. The Survey maps it on the Stoutland quadrangle.

Delmar within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Delmar between 1992 and 2016, burning about 936 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism10
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation143016-02059-09072016-1039
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresMissouri Department of ConservationMM HIGHWAY
4 April 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Arson/incendiarism70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede 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 Delmar: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blackburn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede 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
Sleeper2.7 miles13
Carrol Junction4.1 miles14
Garnsey5.7 miles14
Harrill Ford5.9 miles17
Russell6.4 miles14
Hazelgreen6.6 miles14
Dove7.0 miles14
Abo7.4 miles17

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 DelmarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27985606The 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 740807. 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.