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Mingo, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Duck Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63960. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Puxico quadrangle.

Mingo within Stoddard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Mingo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
6 August 2013Naturalunder an acreMingo National Wildlife RefugePIERMAN
8 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMingo National Wildlife RefugeMONOPOLY MARSH OVERLOOK
8 April 2001Smokingunder an acreMingo National Wildlife RefugeBOARDWALK
4 March 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178743-10399-03162019-1550
1 March 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMingo National Wildlife RefugeFOXPOND
11 December 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179580-10399-12112019-1440
11 December 2019Debris and open burning3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179583-10399-12112019-1515

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stoddard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Mingo: 20 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
George Tract Number 1IronPast Producer
Goforth LandIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Stoddard County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mingo in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 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 2011FloodMingo$300,000no account filed
May 2024FloodMingo-Several roads across Stoddard County remained closed into the overnight hours due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Stoddard 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
Cobb1.5 miles12
Puxico2.4 miles12
Asherville2.7 miles12
Star3.1 miles12
Dale4.5 miles12
Hickman5.7 miles11
Idlewild6.9 miles19
Acorn Ridge7.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741073. 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.