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Horton, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Siloam Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65793. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,076 feet above sea level.

Horton within Howell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 13 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,052 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 159 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/incendiarism159
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHORTON #3
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresMark Twain National ForestHORTON #2
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism7.2 acresMark Twain National ForestHORTON #1
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLATE NIGHT
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBUDDY
29 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestAA
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresMark Twain National ForestGOAT
14 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestP HIGHWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howell County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Horton: 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Pattillo Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Walter Simmons ProspectLeadProspect
George Christopher ProspectIronProspect1942
Kenneth Bryan PitsIronProspect
Ova Turner PropertyIronPast Producer1920, 1937
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

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
Siloam Springs5.2 miles13
Grimmet7.1 miles13
Burnham7.3 miles14
Pomona8.5 miles14
Olden9.0 miles14
Willow Springs10.1 miles14
Crider10.5 miles13
Hutton Valley11.9 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HortonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27985355The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735095. 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.