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Leadmine, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65764. It stands on Lane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leadmine quadrangle.

Leadmine within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

176 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Leadmine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,134 acres in total. None started naturally. 110 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/incendiarism110
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism100 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burning70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 2000Debris and open burning58 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Leadmine: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Hatfield DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Hildebrand DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Rambo MineLeadPast Producer
Tunas ShaftLeadPast Producer
UnknownLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

13 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leadmine in 13 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 7 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. 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
April 2026Flash FloodLeadmine-State Highway E was closed at the Little Niangua River due to flooding.
May 2024FloodLeadmine-Route YY closed due to flooding.
May 2024Flash FloodLeadmine-Route YY closed due to flooding.
January 2020Flash FloodLeadmine-State Highway E was closed due to flooding at Little Niangua River.
May 2017FloodLeadmine-State Highway E was closed at the Little Niangua River.
April 2017Flash FloodLeadmine-Route E was impassable and closed due to flooding.
September 2016Flash FloodLeadmine-State Highway E at the Little Niangua River was closed due to flooding.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLeadmine-There were numerous tree limbs blown down on property and a private roadway. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLeadmine-A tree was blown down across County Road YY.
July 2015Flash FloodLeadmine-Route E at the Little Niangua River was closed due to flooding.
August 2013Flash FloodLeadmine-Route E was closed near the Little Niangua River.
February 2011HailLeadmine-no account filed
March 2010HailLeadmine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Westfield1.7 miles16
Herrick Ford3.1 miles16
Tunas3.6 miles17
Celt4.2 miles16
Turner Ford (historical)4.7 miles16
Berry Ford (historical)4.8 miles16
Miller Ford (historical)4.8 miles16
McPheters Ford (historical)4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720865. 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.