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Little Compton, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Hurricane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64643. It stands on Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hale quadrangle.

Little Compton within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

In the county-history sources

2,793 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 Hurricane Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hurricane Township - 2,793 words.

Fires near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Little Compton between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,080 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
15 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,072 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190330-01749-03072020-1430
14 March 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 February 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 December 2001Debris and open burning1.0 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Little Compton: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Hale3.9 miles17
Bridge Creek5.2 miles17
Bosworth7.3 miles18
Tina8.5 miles17
Grace8.5 miles17
Asper10.5 miles17
Milford12.0 miles18
Coloma12.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 759643. 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.