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March, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65644. It stands on Staten Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charity quadrangle.

March within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of March between 1994 and 2020, burning about 340 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1996Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261467-11201-09172020-1604
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177857-03906-08092018-1610
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 May 1997Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2016Debris and open burning116 acresMissouri Department of Conservation134919-05300-03232016-1500
22 March 2018Other causes15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176839-03906-03222018-1736
22 March 2014Debris and open burning7.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of March: 2 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names March in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 2009Tornado (EF2)March2 hurt, $2,000,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-2 tornado touched down two miles west of Charity and tracked northeast over an intermittent path. The tornado destroyed three frame homes and numerous outbuildings. One indirect fatality and another injury resulted from this tornado. A man and his wife were both injured when their house was destroyed. He later died from a heart attack while being transported to the hospital.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarch$4,000Two large oak trees were reported down along with a portable building blown over.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindMarch$2,000A hay barn was destroyed.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindMarch$1,000There was roof damage to a small outbuilding.
June 2025Flash FloodMarch-The Cumberland road bridge was not passable due to flooding.
September 2016Flash FloodMarch-Greasy Creek spilled out of its banks and over State Highway UU. One car was swept off the road at the location but the driver escaped safely on their own.
November 2010FloodMarch-Eight to nine inches of water was reported over Center Point Road near State Route F.
June 2008Flash FloodMarch-Several roads north of Highway AA were flooded in the southern portion of Dallas County.
June 2007Flash FloodMarch-Roads and low lying areas near the Pomme De Terre River became flooded due to excessive rainfall.
April 2003HailMarch-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
Boyd1.6 miles17
Redtop3.2 miles17
Spring Grove3.4 miles17
Charity3.9 miles17
Foose4.0 miles17
Olive4.5 miles19
Thorpe5.4 miles13
Hico (historical)5.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 721861. 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.