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Oates, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Black River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63625. It lies near Sugar Camp Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oates quadrangle.

Oates within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Oates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,782 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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
Arson/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
29 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestLOG GAP RIDGE
28 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestIRON TOWN RIDGE
9 June 2012Arson/incendiarism228 acresMark Twain National Forest829
7 June 2012Arson/incendiarism9.6 acresMark Twain National ForestHAWKINS HILL
6 June 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMark Twain National ForestBUICK
9 May 2018Debris and open burning14 acresMark Twain National ForestOATES
3 May 1992Arson/incendiarism34 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresMark Twain National ForestGUNSTOCK

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 Oates: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Cobalt, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Cadmium. 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
Brushy Creek DivisionLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, CadmiumUnknown1959, 1973
Buick MineZinc, Lead, Cobalt, Silver, Copper, Nickel, CadmiumProducer1960, 1969
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Viburnum TrendLead, Zinc, Cobalt, Silver, Copper, Cadmium, NickelProducer1955, 1960

Every working recorded in Reynolds County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oates in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2024Heavy RainOates-A Twitter user reported 10.8 inches of storm total rainfall between November 4th and 5th.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindOates-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and large tree limbs. Some of the tree limbs damaged soffits and guttering on one house in town.
September 2006Tornado (F2)Oates-The tornado touched down 2.5 miles southeast of Oates, in Reynolds County, near Forest Road 2329, then traveled northeast crossing Route J near the intersection with County Road 829. At this location it removed the roof of a pole barn, caused damage to the roof of a house and uprooted and snapped numerous trees. The damage path was around 200 yards wide and was rated F1 in intensity. As it traveled northeast, it snapped, uprooted and twisted numerous trees and caused minor roof damage to a manufactured home. As the tornado crossed Highway 49, two and a half miles north of the town of Black, it caused considerable damage. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, an unanchored manufactured home sustained heavy damage and was shifted 30 feet. Two automobiles were lifted distances ranging from 10 to 50 yards and two other homes sustained varying degrees of damage directly from the tornado and from fallen trees. A well defined convergent pattern was evident in the debris and eyewitnesses indicate the tornado had a multiple vortex structure. The damage path was around a third of a mile wide and was rated a high end F1 in this location. Further to the northeast, the tornado crossed Route MM around eight tenths of a mile north of Monterey. At this location an uninhabited home was completely destroyed with the walls pulled from numerous anchor bolts attached to the concrete foundation. Also, a wooden power pole was snapped at the base and numerous trees were snapped. The damage path was around a quarter of a mile wide and was rated a low end F2 in this location. The tornado then tracked northeast into Iron County about three tenths of a mile north of Munger. No injuries or deaths were reported.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindOates-An NWS cooperative observer reported a tree blown over on Highway J.
May 2002HailOates-The County Sheriff reported 1 inch hail.
May 2023HailOates-no account filed
April 2007HailOates-no account filed
March 2006HailOates-no account filed
September 2006HailOates-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindOates-no account filed

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
West Fork5.6 miles19
Edgehill6.8 miles19
Black6.9 miles19
Greeley7.7 miles20
Bee Fork8.5 miles19
Ohlman9.9 miles19
Centerville10.2 miles20
Marcoot10.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 723691. 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.