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Medoc, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Jasper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64855. The Survey maps it on the Asbury quadrangle.

Medoc within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Medoc between 1994 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177915-04902-07072018-2120
5 July 2020Fireworks24 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230721-04902-07052020-1125
8 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177914-04902-06082018-2240
7 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200517-02439-06072019-2330
14 June 2020Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230720-04902-06142020-1910
5 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230719-04902-05052020-1800
17 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177913-04902-05172018-1641
12 May 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Medoc: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quick Seven MineZincPast Producer1870, 1920
Unknown - Zn & PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medoc in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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 FloodMedoc-First responders performed a water rescue successfully after a motorist drove into flood waters.
March 2008FloodMedoc-This flooding is a continuation of the flash flooding. Poor drainage areas continued to flood roadways and lowlands near rivers and creeks.
April 2008Flash FloodMedoc-Three to five inches of rain fell over Jasper County. Any areas that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded. One indirect fatality occurred as a man tied to a kayak overturned in the swift current of Center Creek. The kayak filled up with water and sank to the creek bottom. The man was pulled under water with the kayak.
May 1995HailMedoc-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Galesburg2.7 miles22
Tuckers Corner2.8 miles17
Cossville4.4 miles17
Asbury4.7 miles22
Neck City5.6 miles17
Waco5.7 miles18
Purcell6.6 miles17
Alba7.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 722198. 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.