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Munger, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Lesterville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63656. The Survey maps it on the Johnson Shut-Ins quadrangle.

Munger within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Munger between 1992 and 2016, burning about 294 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning13
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
2 September 1995Natural8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 May 2012Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresMark Twain National ForestHATCHERY
13 May 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBELL MOUNTAIN
8 April 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestWOMBLE HOLLOW
7 April 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2004Arson/incendiarism5.8 acresMark Twain National ForestO HIGHWAY 4
4 April 2004Arson/incendiarism15 acresMark Twain National ForestO HIGHWAY 3
4 April 2004Arson/incendiarism11 acresMark Twain National ForestO HIGHWAY 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Munger: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Asbestos, 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
Unknown - Asbestos ProspectAsbestosProspect
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munger in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flash 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
December 2015Flash FloodMunger$355,000Between 3 and 6 inches of rain fell across the county in a 48 hour period. The heaviest rain fell in the early morning hours of December 28th causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Route F where Logan Creek passes under it, the intersection of Highway 106 and Route B due to Logan Creek being well out of it's banks and Route CC from County Road 465 to the Wayne County line. Damage so far has been estimated around $355,000.

Every storm recorded in Reynolds 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
Monterey3.5 miles21
Pinkley (historical)6.8 miles21
Edgehill7.3 miles19
Black8.6 miles19
Lake Springs9.9 miles18
Lesterville10.2 miles18
Oates14.0 miles19
Centerville14.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751233. 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.