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Fulkerson, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64061. The Survey maps it on the Elm quadrangle.

Fulkerson within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

30,364 words on this township

The History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jackson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 30,364 words.

Fires near this place

39 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Fulkerson between 2015 and 2017, burning about 194 acres in total. None 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.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
3 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation123771-05161-05032015-1256
8 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation119952-05161-03082015-1606
7 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation119947-05161-03072015-1416
28 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation121676-05161-03282015-0020
22 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation121312-05161-03222015-1726
19 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation121307-05161-03152015-1249

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson 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 Fulkerson: 2 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
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Elm2.5 miles14
Pittsville5.2 miles19
Kingsville7.8 miles14
Columbus10.5 miles19
Holden11.0 miles18
Fenwick12.8 miles14
Greendoor14.1 miles19
Medford14.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740250. 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.