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Hurricane, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richwoods Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63071. The Survey maps it on the Richwoods quadrangle.

Hurricane within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Hurricane between 1992 and 2018, burning about 249 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 April 1993Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176724-05007-04292018-1001
2 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135192-05007-04022016-1120
17 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176644-05007-04172018-1852
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177952-03627-04112018-0319
11 April 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1993Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 1994Debris and open burning13 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Hurricane: 28 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Ditch MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Venable PropertyLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
French DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Labeaume DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Ditch Lead MinesBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + BariteBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead and BariteBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Ben Hornie's DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Darley Lead MineLeadPast Producer
Eastwood MinesLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Richwoods1.4 miles19
Bliss7.6 miles18
Cruise Mill8.4 miles18
Northcut8.5 miles19
Rabbitville8.8 miles18
Robidoux9.4 miles19
Aptus9.8 miles19
Fertile10.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736688. 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.