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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.

Palmer within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 23 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

111 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
11 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHORNET
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARGE FIRE
24 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPALMER
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestBRAZIL CAMPFIRE
17 June 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSCOTT CEMETERY
9 May 1996Natural42 acresMark Twain National ForestPINEY BRANCH
27 May 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHAZEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Parole MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer1814
Unknown - Lead and ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Little Saturday MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown-Zinc and LeadLead, ZincPast Producer
Desloge LandIronOccurrence
PalmerLead, Barium-Barite, IronPast ProducerREPLACEMENT
Unknown-IronIronPast Producer
M+B MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Palmer MineBarium-BaritePast ProducerBarite
Palmer MineBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024HailPalmer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Delbridge3.1 miles23
Brazil3.6 miles22
Ishmael4.0 miles22
Quaker4.0 miles22
Horton Town5.7 miles23
Levy5.8 miles22
Sunlight6.3 miles23
Courtois6.5 miles22

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.