BlockMidway, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gasconade Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65704. It lies near Pleasant Knob. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1951 USGS Mansfield NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Mansfield NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Mansfield NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1994 and 2011, burning about 123 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Lead + Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown- Lead + Zinc | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Berry Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Gaskill Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Tarbutton Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Prock Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Lead | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Midway | $100,000 | A NWS storm survey concluded that an EF-1 tornado touched down in a hilly wooded area to the northwest Mansfield near Highway F and quickly intensified to producing winds to 100 mph. Numerous trees were downed across portions of Davies and Red Oak Roads before dissipating near Highway V. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Midway | - | Newton Road at Praire Branch was flooded and impassable. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737886. 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.