Hazleton, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65542. The Survey maps it on the Slabtown Spring quadrangle.

Hazleton within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1941 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Slabtown Spring quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
2004 USGS Slabtown Spring quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Hazleton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,253 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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	35
Debris and open burning	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
22 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Mark Twain National Forest	PADDY CHAPEL
11 August 2005	Debris and open burning	17 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	BUM
9 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.3 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	PADDY ACCESS 2
22 May 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Mark Twain National Forest	VADA
21 May 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Mark Twain National Forest	CATAMOUNT
14 May 2001	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	CAMP FIRE
8 April 1992	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	not named
6 April 2008	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	BLUFF TOUR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hazleton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Texas 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Slabtown	2.6 miles	19
Dent	3.3 miles	20
Vada	3.9 miles	15
Edanville	4.9 miles	19
Raftville (historical)	5.0 miles	21
Ellsworth	5.0 miles	15
Kinderpost	5.4 miles	20
Old Success	5.7 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750273. 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.