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Latham, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Pilot Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65050. It stands on Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Latham quadrangle.

Latham within Moniteau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Latham between 1999 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning6
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moniteau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Latham: 18 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Bituminous, Zinc, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Keller MineBarium-Barite, Bituminous, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Koortz MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Porcelain Clay ShaftClayPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - Lead Zinc IronZinc, Iron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead Zinc IronIron, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Ls Lead ZincStone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Carr MinesLeadPast Producer
Hardin MineBituminous, ZincPast Producer
Moniteau Co Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Moniteau County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Latham in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003HailLatham-The County Emergency Management Agency reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 1995HailLatham-Golf ball-size hail was reported in Latham and quarter-size hail was reported southwest of California.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindLatham-no account filed
April 2016HailLatham-no account filed
March 2012HailLatham-no account filed
July 2011HailLatham-no account filed
April 2006HailLatham-no account filed
May 2003HailLatham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Moniteau 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
Fortuna6.1 miles18
Clarksburg6.9 miles18
High Point7.2 miles19
California7.7 miles19
Tipton8.3 miles18
Corticelli9.1 miles18
McGirk11.5 miles18
Enon12.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755554. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.