Palmer, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Harmony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63664. It stands on Stringtown Branch. The Survey maps it on the Palmer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 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.
- 1906 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Palmer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,568 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 53 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 | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | HORNET |
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MARGE FIRE |
| 24 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PALMER |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BRAZIL CAMPFIRE |
| 17 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SCOTT CEMETERY |
| 9 May 1996 | Natural | 42 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PINEY BRANCH |
| 27 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | HAZEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Palmer: 30 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parole Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | 1814 | |
| Unknown - Lead and Zinc | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Little Saturday Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Zinc and Lead | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Desloge Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Palmer | Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron | Past Producer | REPLACEMENT | |
| Unknown-Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| M+B Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Palmer Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite | |
| Palmer Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palmer in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 hail. 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 2024 | Hail | Palmer | - | 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 751477. 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.














