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Embree, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65543. The Survey maps it on the Manes quadrangle.

Embree within Wright County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Embree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,346 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
31 August 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution25 acresMark Twain National ForestHOG
30 July 2012Natural5.2 acresMark Twain National ForestKFTO
21 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestSLIM JIM
9 April 2007Debris and open burning46 acresMark Twain National ForestBLACK JACK
8 April 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestODER
7 April 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135814-11415-04072016-1139
7 April 2015Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation123530-10744-04072015-1702
2 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestCHICKEN LEG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Embree: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Embree in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 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 1999HailEmbree-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright 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
Astoria2.8 miles17
Mingsville5.2 miles17
Maines6.1 miles17
Manes6.2 miles17
Green Mountain6.4 miles17
Graff6.7 miles17
Burney Ford7.6 miles17
Rail8.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749834. 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.