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Homestead, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63937. It lies near Hogan Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hogan Hollow quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Homestead within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Homestead (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 891 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning26
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 July 1997Equipment and vehicle use60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 July 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use6.5 acresMark Twain National ForestBEAVER LAKE
24 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined122 acresMark Twain National ForestNORTH PRONG
16 May 1997Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Homestead (historical): 4 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Tract # 18IronProspect
Tract # 19IronProspect
Tract # 20IronPast Producer
Tract # 5IronProspect
Tract # 7IronProspect

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Grandin5.6 miles11
Ellsinore8.1 miles13
Hunter8.5 miles11
Crites Corner10.6 miles11
Chilton13.3 miles12
Barren (historical)15.7 miles15
Eastwood17.4 miles13
Chicopee19.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740417. 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.