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Garber, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Branson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65616. It stands on East Fork Roark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garber quadrangle.

Garber within Taney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Garber between 1992 and 2019, burning about 75 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Fireworks1
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
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 July 2018Natural6.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177405-10601-07192018-1905
7 June 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 June 2018Fireworksunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177232-10601-06302018-2210

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taney County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Garber: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Ozark Concrete Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reed Springs Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Table Rock Quarry # 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Table Rock Quarry # 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taney County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garber in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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
July 2024Heavy RainGarber-The Mesonet station EW3832 in Branson measured a 12-hour rainfall total of 4.59 inches.
October 2019Heavy RainGarber-The Mesonet station EW3832 in Branson reported 3.42 inches of rainfall.
May 2010HailGarber-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taney 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
Gretna2.7 miles15
Irma3.9 miles15
Flag (historical)4.7 miles16
Bull Creek5.3 miles14
Branson5.4 miles14
Table Rock6.0 miles16
Walnut Shade6.3 miles14
Hollister6.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750020. 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.