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Pittsburg, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65724. It stands on Little Decker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sentinel quadrangle. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.

Pittsburg within Hickory County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 434 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning23
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Smoking1

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 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177579-04373-05232018-1000
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178611-03015-04202019-1451
20 April 2018Debris and open burning28 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176612-03015-04202018-1338
2 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176188-03015-03082018-2042
7 March 2020Debris and open burning5.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190164-03015-03072020-1522
7 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hickory County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pittsburg: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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
Tatum MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Plummer FarmLeadPast Producer
Silver Queen MineLeadPast Producer
Nemo Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pittsburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hickory County

Storms near this place

32 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsburg in 32 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 17 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2022Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$100,000Damage was reported to several roofs and power lines were down near the intersection of Highways 64 and J.
April 2023HailPittsburg$50,000Tennis ball sized hail was reported.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$10,000A power line was reported down at the Old Rock Quarry at the RA and Highway 64 Junction.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$10,000Multiple recreational vehicles were flipped over and a roof was torn of a building.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$3,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$500Several large trees were reported down and a flag pole was snapped at the base.
March 2024Heavy RainPittsburg-A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.50 inches fell in southern Hickory county.
May 2024HailPittsburg-Report of ping pong ball size hail.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-A tree was reported down across the road south of Pittsburg.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-A 1 foot diameter trees was blown over.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-Several large limbs were reported down from high winds. Up to an inch of rain also fell in less than an hour.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-A few large tree limbs, at least 8 inch in diameter, were reported down near Highway J and 245 Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-Numerous large limbs up to 10 inches in diameter were blown down at Highway 64 and Highway RA.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-A few trees were blown down in Pittsburg.
March 2013HailPittsburg-Nickel size hail covered the ground.
April 2014HailPittsburg-no account filed
May 2011HailPittsburg-no account filed
May 2011HailPittsburg-no account filed
April 2010HailPittsburg-no account filed
April 2010HailPittsburg-no account filed
June 2008HailPittsburg-no account filed
March 2006HailPittsburg-no account filed
September 2005HailPittsburg-no account filed
November 2003HailPittsburg-no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F2)Pittsburg-no account filed
May 2003HailPittsburg-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-no account filed
May 2003HailPittsburg-no account filed
May 2003HailPittsburg-no account filed
May 2003HailPittsburg-no account filed
April 1997HailPittsburg-no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodPittsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hickory 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
Nemo3.6 miles20
Carsons Corner5.1 miles20
Galmey5.3 miles20
Elkton6.8 miles25
Hermitage7.5 miles20
Preston8.9 miles17
Wheatland9.4 miles20
Butcher13.3 miles20

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 PittsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3477963The 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 724449. 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.