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Edmonson, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Cole Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65338. It stands on Duran Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lakeview Heights quadrangle.

Edmonson within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

In the county-history sources

445 words on this township

A Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Cole Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Cole Township - 445 words.

Fires near this place

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Edmonson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 982 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 1999Debris and open burning537 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177648-00808-08122018-1750
9 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178921-00808-06092019-1830
19 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178953-00808-06192019-1730
4 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178757-00808-05042019-1800
8 April 2020Debris and open burning4.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190390-00808-04082020-1835
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Edmonson: 15 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Zinc. 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
Albert Schwald Property Number TwoBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Brown MineBarium-Barite, ZincPast Producer
Byler Branch Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sands BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - Coal-ZincCoal, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Albert Schwald Property Number OneBarium-BaritePast Producer
Bertha Brunjes LandBarium-BaritePast Producer
Blue Goose MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Blue Goose MineBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edmonson in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindEdmonson$80,000Several power lines were reported down along Highway H.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindEdmonson$5,000Large branches were downed and a boat dock and outbuilding suffered minor damage in the Lake Ridge Bay area.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindEdmonson$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down on OO Highway northeast of Warsaw.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEdmonson$2,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEdmonson$1,000no account filed
March 2021HailEdmonson-Penny sized hail was reported via MPing.
June 2019HailEdmonson-Ping pong sized hail was reported on Highway W in Benton County in between Highways H and B.
April 2014HailEdmonson-Hail was reported at the end of Highway MM at Doc's Retreat by the Lake. Minor damage to roofs and a few cars was reported.
May 2004HailEdmonson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Hilda4.4 miles21
Lakeview Heights5.0 miles21
Zora6.9 miles20
Hastain7.8 miles20
Lincoln8.1 miles17
White Branch8.6 miles23
Blue Branch9.0 miles23
Majorville9.1 miles23

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 EdmonsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5338970The 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 717409. 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.