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Ongo, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Spencer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65753. It stands on Honey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Keltner quadrangle.

Ongo within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 13 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Ongo between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,332 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
24 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National Forestnot named
6 July 1996Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,212 acresMark Twain National ForestMARTIN
29 July 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresMark Twain National ForestRADIO
19 July 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresMark Twain National ForestLITTLE CEDAR CREEK
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestRADIO
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism89 acresMark Twain National ForestPETERS' BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ongo: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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
Dysart DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Burkhardts DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Campbell + Hans DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Hall + Roberd DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Hornbeck DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Mcfadden DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Ohaver DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Rassieur MinesLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ongo in 1 storm report in 2009: 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
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOngo$5,000,000Sixty to 80 mph wind gusts swept across all of Douglas County causing widespread damage to trees, outbuildings, and power poles. Several shops, barns, and other farm related outbuildings were destroyed across the county. In Ava, damage mainly consisted of a few roofs that had minor damage. Communities within the county that were impacted the greatest include Pansy, Goodhope, and Redbank.

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Depew2.8 miles14
Johns Mills (historical)3.1 miles14
Dogwood4.7 miles14
Arden4.8 miles12
Red Bank5.7 miles12
Old Merritt6.3 miles13
Merritt6.5 miles12
Tigris6.9 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on OngoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30623043The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751435. 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.