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Leta, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Combs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64633. The Survey maps it on the Miami Station quadrangle.

Leta within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

In the county-history sources

3,699 words on this township

History of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Combs Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Combs Township - 3,699 words.

Fires near this place

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Leta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 219 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4

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
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176617-01749-04162018-1626
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190331-01749-03072020-1340
4 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined108 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176545-01749-03042018-1836
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176276-01749-03152018-1608
8 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176254-01749-02082018-1103
21 February 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Leta: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Austin England QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lautenslager QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Minnis + Trotten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wright QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Milford3.3 miles18
White Rock3.4 miles16
Wakenda4.7 miles18
Standish5.4 miles17
De Witt5.8 miles18
Bosworth6.9 miles18
Carrollton8.9 miles18
South Carrollton9.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741010. 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.