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Fisher, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64638. The Survey maps it on the Coloma quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fisher within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

1,071 words on this township

History of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Hill Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hill Township - 1,071 words.

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 Fisher (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 112 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
13 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251276-01702-07132020-2015
27 April 2018Other causes1.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178906-01702-04272018-1950
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178905-01702-04242018-1620
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178904-01702-04232018-1740
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178903-01702-04232018-1145
16 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178893-01702-03162018-0025
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178890-01702-03152018-1550
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178892-01702-03152018-2055

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fisher (historical): 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mandeville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Latoh (historical)3.0 miles15
Quote4.3 miles15
Mandeville4.5 miles15
Coloma4.9 miles15
Plymouth5.6 miles15
Asper7.5 miles17
Roads8.2 miles15
Bogard8.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740175. 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.