Norris, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64726. The Survey maps it on the Blairstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1885 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Blairstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Norris between 1994 and 2018, burning about 83 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178026-04279-03122018-1600 |
| 10 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176368-05130-03102018-1018 |
| 20 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 133256-02222-02202016-1031 |
| 20 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 133257-02222-02202016-1031 |
| 16 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176357-05130-02162018-1421 |
| 23 October 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Norris: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norris in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flood | Norris | - | Route N near Blairstown was closed in both directions. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurine | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Petersburg | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Blairstown | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Huntingdale | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Harvey | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Garland | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hartwell | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Urich | 7.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729788. 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.









