Logan, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Buck Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65705. The Survey maps it on the Billings quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Halltown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Billings quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Logan between 1992 and 2017, burning about 250 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Logan: 42 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Zinc | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mason Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Richeys Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Uptegraf Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Logan in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $40,000 | Multiple trees and powers lines were reported down on Highway 14. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Logan | $50 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Logan | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | - | A large tree was reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marionville | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| McKinley | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Bonham | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Orange | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Aurora | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sage Hill | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Elliott | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| Chesapeake | 7.9 miles | 19 |
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 Logan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6666894 | 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 721412. 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.







