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Mulberry, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64722. The Survey maps it on the Amoret quadrangle.

Mulberry within Bates County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Mulberry between 1992 and 2016, burning about 811 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 June 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeDAVIS BRIDGE
11 April 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeSTEELE
4 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeHAMILTON
23 March 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeHAMILTON
20 March 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeDAVIS CREEK FAIL
20 March 2014Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeDAVIS CREEK
18 March 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeHAMILTON SO
27 February 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined750 acresLinn County1800 AND YANCY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bates County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mulberry: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alvis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bates Co #6 Amsterdam QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Bates 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
Amoret2.7 miles15
Virginia4.0 miles14
Amsterdam4.3 miles15
Worland7.2 miles19
Merwin8.0 miles15
Rucker8.3 miles19
Lacyville8.6 miles15
Foster9.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739485. 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.