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Gang, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63629. It stands on Little Blair Creek. The Survey maps it on the Powder Mill Ferry quadrangle.

Gang within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Fires near this place

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Gang between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,517 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverMACY
13 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverWEST BLUE SPRING
13 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverMARTIN BLUFF
3 May 2014Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 May 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 May 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
18 May 1998Arson/incendiarism60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 May 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestLITTLE RED RIDING HO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gang: 5 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Manganese, Lead. 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
Blair Creek ProspectLeadProspect1962
Jacks Fork MineIronProspect
Unknown ManganeseManganeseProspect
Bonanza ProspectCopperProspect
Freeman LandCopperProspect
Jerktail ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
Jerktall MineCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shannon County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gang in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Gang-A combination of radar and Sentinel-2 satellite data concluded that an EF0 tornado occurred about 1.5 miles east of Junction Ferry. Satellite data depicted intermittent patches of tree damage in a confined path from County Road P-235 to just east of State Highway 106. Most of the path width ranged from 75 to 125 yards, but at its widest point, the tornado's damage path was measured to be 150 yards in width. The damage path length was 3.54 miles.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGang-Several tree limbs were blown into power lines.

Every storm recorded in Shannon 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
Junction Ferry2.3 miles22
Owls Bend2.8 miles20
Shawne6.1 miles22
Brushy Mill (historical)6.1 miles20
Deslet6.6 miles16
Himont (historical)7.2 miles18
Eminence7.8 miles22
Mauser Mill8.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740527. 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.