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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 21 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.
- 1924 USGS Edgehill quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Edgehill 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 Johnson Shut-Ins quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Johnson Shut-Ins quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.2 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HATCHERY |
| 13 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BELL MOUNTAIN |
| 8 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WOMBLE HOLLOW |
| 7 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.8 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | O HIGHWAY 4 |
| 4 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | O HIGHWAY 3 |
| 4 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | O HIGHWAY 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Asbestos Prospect | Asbestos | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Munger | $355,000 | Between 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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Pinkley (historical) | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Edgehill | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Black | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Springs | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lesterville | 10.2 miles | 18 | |
| Oates | 14.0 miles | 19 | |
| Centerville | 14.1 miles | 20 |
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.














