Emerson, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Round Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63454. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Emerson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 78 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 7.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190178-06426-03082020-1455 |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190166-06426-03072020-1630 |
| 7 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179027-06426-03282019-0322 |
| 23 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Emerson: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emerson in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naomi | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Benbow | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hester | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Philadelphia | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Little Union | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Nelsonville | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Heather | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Smileyville | 7.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717570. 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.





