Flag, Missouri

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.

• 1907 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
• 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
• 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
• 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS Table Rock Dam quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
• 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
• 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
• 1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
• 1989 USGS Table Rock Dam quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Flag (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 40 acres in total. 2 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Gretna
• Table Rock
• Garber
• Branson
• Melva
• Bull Creek

Every fire recorded in Taney County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Flag (historical): 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Taney County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740571. 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.