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New Castle, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64761. The Survey maps it on the Leeton quadrangle.

New Castle within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

In the county-history sources

14,319 words on this township

The History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 14,319 words.

Fires near this place

36 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of New Castle between 2003 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
8 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177510-05130-08032018-1404
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177509-05130-08032018-0639
27 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179238-04281-08212019-1550
2 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177507-05130-08022018-1537
19 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 August 2003Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of New Castle: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Coal, 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
Cooper MineCoal, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls./CoalCoal, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Leeton QsuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Henrietta2.4 miles19
Sutherland2.5 miles19
Leeton3.2 miles19
Post Oak6.1 miles19
Burtville7.4 miles19
Cornelia7.4 miles20
Owsley8.2 miles19
Bristle Ridge10.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741097. 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.