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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 13 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.
- 1937 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Keltner quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Keltner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 6 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,212 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MARTIN |
| 29 July 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RADIO |
| 19 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LITTLE CEDAR CREEK |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RADIO |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 89 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PETERS' BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysart Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Burkhardts Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell + Hans Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hall + Roberd Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hornbeck Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mcfadden Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ohaver Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Rassieur Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ongo | $5,000,000 | Sixty 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depew | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Johns Mills (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Dogwood | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Arden | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Red Bank | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Old Merritt | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Merritt | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tigris | 6.9 miles | 14 |
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 Ongo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30623043 | The 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.











