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Hocomo, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65775. The Survey maps it on the Caulfield quadrangle.

Hocomo within Howell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Hocomo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 429 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 July 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation220570-14639-06072020-1322
5 May 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1992Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hocomo: 8 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Iron. 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 - IronIronUnknown
Ball MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Elmer Spencer ProspectZincPast Producer
G and G MineZincPast Producer1893
PackardZincPast Producer1893
Rex MineZincPast Producer1893
Rox MineZincPast Producer
Taylor MineZincPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincProspect

Every working recorded in Howell 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
Amy0.6 miles12
Egypt Grove1.4 miles12
South Fork2.4 miles13
Arditta3.1 miles12
Cureall5.1 miles13
Caulfield5.3 miles12
China5.5 miles13
Pottersville5.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740933. 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.