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Oak Hill, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oak Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65453. It stands on Souder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle.

Oak Hill within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 86 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2
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
17 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation144797-02811-04052016-1605
28 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178541-02811-04282018-1429
13 April 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation121636-02811-03312015-1755
26 March 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144795-02811-03262016-1742
25 March 1995Debris and open burning22 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 38 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Taylor MineIronPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bray-Kohrman PitClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Whitsett DepositClayPast Producer
Homeyer #1 & 3Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Rutz # 1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
T. Branson Pit Se SeFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

1 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
November 1998Thunderstorm WindOak Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Argo5.0 miles18
Jake Prairie5.6 miles17
Delhi6.6 miles18
Indian Lake8.1 miles19
Hofflins8.2 miles19
Cuba9.9 miles19
Coffeyton10.0 miles19
Bourbon10.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736330. 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.