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Palmetto, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65742. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove Heights quadrangle.

Palmetto within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

In the county-history sources

801 words on this township

History of Greene County, Missouri .., published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers description, early settlers, kelley chapel, biography of jacob e. bodenhamer and abel j. neaves.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 801 words.

Fires near this place

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Palmetto between 1992 and 2017, burning about 529 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning133
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Palmetto: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer
Gates MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Gem MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Phelps MinesLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palmetto in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPalmetto$16,000Thunderstorm winds downed four power poles along with transmission lines near the intersection of Highway 243 and Highway D.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindPalmetto$10,000A NWS storm survey team determined that a microburst, with estimated 80 mph winds, uprooted and snapped 30 or more trees and removed the roof off a large workshop. The damage occurred at the intersection of Farm Roads 170 and 243.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindPalmetto$5,000Minor roof damage was reported to several buildings along Highway 60. A large road sign and several smaller signs were blown down.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindPalmetto$5,000Minor roof damage occurred to a home and more than thirty trees were downed by high winds.
May 2020FloodPalmetto-The intersection of Farm Roads 170 and 243 were closed due to flooding with two feet of flowing water.
July 2012HailPalmetto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Cody2.1 miles23
Oak Grove Heights2.5 miles21
Pembina3.7 miles23
Palace (historical)4.0 miles23
Turners4.1 miles28
Expansion5.5 miles28
Mentor6.0 miles23
Mumford6.4 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741136. 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.