Minimum, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63620. It stands on Sulphur Creek. The Survey maps it on the Des Arc NE quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1926 USGS Des Arc quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Des Arc quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Des Arc NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2000 USGS Des Arc NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Minimum between 1992 and 2018, burning about 486 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 207 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TILK HOLLOW |
| 26 April 1996 | Smoking | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TILK HOLLOW |
| 8 March 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.9 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CRANE LAKE |
| 26 March 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 53 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 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 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Minimum: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1865, 1915 | |
| Benson Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Martin Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Carr Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Chrisco Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Grandin Bank | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minimum in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Minimum | - | A tornado touched down on south side of County Road 124, 1.3 miles west intersection with Highway E, in southern Iron County. This tornado uprooted several trees and broke branches on numerous other trees before continuing into a field where it damaged a manufactured home. The tornado then moved into a densely wooded portion of Mark Twain National Forest where it uprooted or damaged many trees as it crossed from Iron County, about 8 miles east of Glover, into Madison County. The tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 4.35 miles and a max path width of 250 yards in Madison County. No deaths or injuries. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Minimum | - | Up to 4 inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding across the southern portions of Iron County. Numerous roads were flooded including Routes C and F east and southeast of Annapolis. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minimum | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway C east of Annapolis. |
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.
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 Minimum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985386 | 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 751119. 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.













