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Drake, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boeuf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65066. The Survey maps it on the Rosebud quadrangle.

Drake within Gasconade County

On record in Drake

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Drake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200569-03733-05042020-1050
3 April 1997Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1992Debris and open burning95 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 March 1996Equipment and vehicle use45 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 March 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 March 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gasconade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 111 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 111 workings within 5 miles of Drake: 111 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Aufderheide PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Bueker PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Crites # 1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
FelhaberFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Helkergoumer PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Hesemann PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Jadelot #1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Lantenschlaeger PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Lindhardt # 4Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
LinhartFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gasconade County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drake in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 9 hail, 7 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Thunderstorm WindDrake-Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large cedar tree and broke the tops out of several other trees.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDrake-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs near the intersection of Highway 19 and Brinkman Road.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDrake-Several tree limbs were blown down and some small trees were uprooted.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDrake-Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a shed at a farm and downed some trees and power lines along Highway 19 near Drake. Debris from the shed caused minor roof damage to the home.
May 2004HailDrake-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 2003HailDrake-The Sheriff Department reported golfball size hail just south of Drake.
October 2001HailDrake-The County Sheriff reported 1 inch hail.
October 2000HailDrake-The County Sheriff reported 1 inch hail.
June 1997HailDrake-County sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDrake-Strong winds knocked over several large trees.
March 2012HailDrake-no account filed
March 2012HailDrake-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDrake-no account filed
May 2010HailDrake-no account filed
April 2006HailDrake-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindDrake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gasconade 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
Wiffenberg1.8 miles20
Cave Hill4.8 miles16
Bay5.7 miles21
Swiss6.5 miles21
Rosebud6.5 miles20
Old Woollam7.0 miles16
Stony Hill7.0 miles21
Witte Ford (historical)7.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717043. 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.