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Flucom, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Plattin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63020. It lies near McMullen Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Halifax quadrangle.

Flucom within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

84 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Flucom between 2004 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Natural1
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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation127970-05007-09052015-2018
28 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation139511-05007-09012016-1508
27 June 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation126110-05007-06272015-1909
15 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 April 2004Smoking1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135516-05007-04052016-1504
4 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Flucom: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Arrowhead QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Yankee DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Mccormick MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flucom in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash flood. 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
May 2016Flash FloodFlucom-Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Highway T southeast of Olympian Village.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Oakvale1.1 miles17
Knorpp1.4 miles17
Olympian Village2.5 miles17
Plattin2.6 miles17
Papin2.7 miles17
Arbor Place5.0 miles19
Valles Mines5.1 miles17
Selma6.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740855. 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.