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Galmey, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hermitage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65779. The Survey maps it on the Hermitage quadrangle.

Galmey within Hickory County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

2,051 words on this township

Wilson's History of Hickory County, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Hermitage Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hermitage Township - 2,051 words.

Fires near this place

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Galmey between 1992 and 2018, burning about 364 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
11 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177579-04373-05232018-1000
11 April 2002Arson/incendiarism37 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2001Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2014Equipment and vehicle use128 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 1994Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 March 1993Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 March 1994Arson/incendiarism30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hickory County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Galmey: 20 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tatum MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead BariteLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silver Queen MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Dale Costelo Barite ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Ogden ProspectBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Hickory 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
Carsons Corner3.4 miles20
Hermitage4.1 miles20
Wheatland4.1 miles20
Elkton4.4 miles25
Pittsburg5.3 miles24
Nemo5.5 miles20
Butcher8.2 miles20
White Cloud8.8 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122550019The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729743. 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.