Lawrenceton, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63627. It lies near Pinhook Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 19 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.
- 1904 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lawrenceton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lawrenceton between 1995 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178140-09533-08082018-1050 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178131-09533-04212018-2040 |
| 13 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190079-09502-02292020-0900 |
| 19 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 241055-09502-11192020-2350 |
| 14 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179873-09502-01012020-1230 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lawrenceton: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Limestone, Dimension. 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 - Ls Dimension | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Byington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Woodward + Turner Shaft | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawrenceton in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Lawrenceton | $60,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Hail | Lawrenceton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrenceton | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Creek Lake | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Rocky Ridge Ranch | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Kinsey | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Forest Estates | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bloomsdale | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Mill | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Valley View | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| New Offenburg | 6.9 miles | 18 |
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 Lawrenceton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16894007 | 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 736314. 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.













