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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 19 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.
- 1943 USGS Boss quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Boss quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1967 USGS Oates quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Oates quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LOG GAP RIDGE |
| 28 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | IRON TOWN RIDGE |
| 9 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 228 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | 829 |
| 7 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.6 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HAWKINS HILL |
| 6 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BUICK |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | OATES |
| 3 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 34 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GUNSTOCK |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Creek Division | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Cadmium | Unknown | 1959, 1973 | |
| Buick Mine | Zinc, Lead, Cobalt, Silver, Copper, Nickel, Cadmium | Producer | 1960, 1969 | |
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Viburnum Trend | Lead, Zinc, Cobalt, Silver, Copper, Cadmium, Nickel | Producer | 1955, 1960 |
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Oates | - | A Twitter user reported 10.8 inches of storm total rainfall between November 4th and 5th. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oates | - | 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 2006 | Tornado (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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oates | - | An NWS cooperative observer reported a tree blown over on Highway J. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Oates | - | The County Sheriff reported 1 inch hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Oates | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Oates | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Oates | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Oates | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oates | - | no account filed |
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.
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.













