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Evans, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in McMurtrey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65717. The Survey maps it on the Brushyknob quadrangle.

Evans within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Evans between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,172 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 1995Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 2001Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 1999Debris and open burning153 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas 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 Evans: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Trappist Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evans in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Flash FloodEvans$3,000,000Numerous homes and at least four businesses sustained severe flood damage across Douglas County. Numerous roads and bridges were severely damaged or washed away across the county. This report will contain the total dollar estimate for flood damage to infrastructure, businesses, and homes across Douglas County.
November 2024Flash FloodEvans-MO-14 was closed due to flash flooding.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindEvans-Several trees were reported down in the county near Highways 14 and C.
June 2020FloodEvans-Four feet of water was reported over the Bryant Creek bridge at Vera Cruz on AB Highway east of Highway 14.

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Cheney0.8 miles13
Rippee (historical)2.2 miles13
Vera Cruz3.1 miles13
Sweden3.4 miles13
Champion3.6 miles13
Tedrick (historical)3.7 miles14
Fielden3.8 miles13
Gentryville4.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740840. 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.