Possum Walk, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64428. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burlington Junction quadrangle.
On record in Possum Walk
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Possum Walk Hotellisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1939 USGS Skidmore quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Skidmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Skidmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Burlington Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,240 words on this townshipPast and Present of Nodaway County, Missouri, published 1910 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lincoln Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lincoln Township - 2,240 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Possum Walk between 2018 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190156-07499-03042020-1748 |
| 3 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190113-07499-03032020-1330 |
| 14 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176045-07499-03142018-1912 |
| 17 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190112-07499-02172020-1420 |
| 11 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 51 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230832-07499-10112020-1351 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Possum Walk: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Possum Walk in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2012: 2 flood, 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 2007 | Flood | Possum Walk | - | The Nodaway River near Burlington Junction crested at 24.40 feet, or 1.40 feet above flood stage. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Possum Walk | - | The Nodaway River at Burlington Junction crested at 24.70 feet, or 1.70 feet above flood stage. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Possum Walk | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawsonville | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elmo | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Clearmont | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Burlington Junction | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Roseberry | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Quitman | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Wilcox | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pickering | 13.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741169. 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.







