Palo Pinto, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65338. It stands on Ditler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln NW quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lincoln NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
86 words on this townshipA Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on White Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on White Township - 86 words.
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Palo Pinto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 427 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177866-00807-07212018-1138 |
| 6 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177166-00807-04062018-1052 |
| 6 April 2006 | Natural | 113 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | BRUSH CREEK RANCH FIRE |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177171-00807-04282018-1009 |
| 21 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178994-00807-04212019-1120 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176302-00807-03092018-0000 |
| 8 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190396-00807-03082020-2020 |
| 8 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190397-00807-03082020-2045 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Palo Pinto: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moelman Prospect | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Lincoln Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Northwest Quarry Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Palo Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Santiago Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Macks Camp | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Racket | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Lincoln | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Teal Bend | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Brandon | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bent Tree Harbor | 10.0 miles | 23 | |
| Tackner | 10.2 miles | 23 |
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 Palo Pinto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7128526 | 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 741137. 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.








