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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1928 USGS Cardareva quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Cardareva quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Powder Mill Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1997 USGS Powder Mill Ferry quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | MACY |
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | WEST BLUE SPRING |
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | MARTIN BLUFF |
| 3 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 18 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LITTLE RED RIDING HO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Creek Prospect | Lead | Prospect | 1962 | |
| Jacks Fork Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Manganese | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Bonanza Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Freeman Land | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Jerktail Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite | |
| Jerktall Mine | Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gang | - | Several tree limbs were blown into power lines. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junction Ferry | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Owls Bend | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Shawne | 6.1 miles | 22 | |
| Brushy Mill (historical) | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Deslet | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Himont (historical) | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Eminence | 7.8 miles | 22 | |
| Mauser Mill | 8.6 miles | 20 |
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.













