BlockHorton Town, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Belgrade Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63622. The Survey maps it on the Palmer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Horton Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,078 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 241139-11040-08232020-1155 |
| 6 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | COUNCIL BLUFF 17 |
| 23 June 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SCOTT CEMETERY |
| 9 May 1996 | Natural | 42 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PINEY BRANCH |
| 24 May 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MCCLAIN CEMETERY |
| 8 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TAVERN |
| 7 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 37 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOWES POND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Horton Town: 16 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Desloge Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Ives Mines | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| M+B Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Palmer Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite | |
| Palmer Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Tailings Pond -Barite -Howell Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Tailings Pond -Barite -M+B Mining | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Tailings Pond -Barite -Palmer Mine | Barium-Barite | Producer |
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.
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 Horton Town | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28092066 | The 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 736825. 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.