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Gumbo, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Randolph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63601. It stands on Owl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flat River quadrangle.

Gumbo within St. Francois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Gumbo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural1

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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261411-09432-09092020-1925
5 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178502-09401-04052019-1131
27 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 2020Debris and open burning2.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation261409-09432-04102020-1611
10 April 1992Natural3.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
4 March 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 March 1994Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Gumbo: 90 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zinc, Copper. 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
Bonne TerreLead, Copper, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1821
Bonne Terre MillDolomiteProducer
Bonne Terre MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1864, 1868
Bonne Terre Quarry and MillMagnesiteProducer
Flat River Sub-DistrictLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1742
Leadwood PlantStoneProducer
Unknown - Clay KaolinKaolinPast Producer
Unknown - Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Flat RiverLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1890
Hazel Run MinesLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gumbo in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 flash flood. 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
May 2018Flash FloodGumbo-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding in Park Hills and Leadington. One hundred feet of the Union Pacific lines had the soil washed out from under them near Main Street in Park Hills. Approximately 41 homes and 14 businesses sustained water damage. One of the homes suffered serious damage from the flash flooding. Sections of two city streets and one alley were destroyed. One car in Park Hills was swept away by the flood waters. Fortunately the occupants were able to make it out safely. At least a foot of water was rushing over U.S. Highway 67 in Leadington. No deaths or injuries were reported with this flash flood event.

Every storm recorded in St. Francois 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
Daytown1.0 miles21
Huntington1.3 miles21
Mitchell1.4 miles21
Fairview Acres1.6 miles21
Leadwood1.7 miles21
Rivermines1.9 miles21
Desloge2.0 miles21
Saint Francois2.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756136. 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.