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Flat Creek, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65605. It stands on Carney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elsey quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Flat Creek within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Flat Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,581 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2011Natural23 acresMark Twain National ForestPINEY
26 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2012Smokingunder an acreMark Twain National Forest76-6
5 June 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2006Debris and open burning1.8 acresMark Twain National ForestESTATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Flat Creek (historical): 2 past producers. 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
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry 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
Jenkins4.1 miles12
Cato4.5 miles16
Wheelerville5.2 miles12
Leann5.4 miles12
Hailey6.1 miles16
Scholten6.2 miles12
Hill City7.3 miles16
Lohmer8.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738294. 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.