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Proctor, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Buffalo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65037. It lies in Proctor Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Proctor Creek quadrangle.

Proctor within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Proctor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,165 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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 burning57
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1999Debris and open burning563 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 June 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178686-07140-04082019-2147
8 April 1995Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178685-07140-04072019-1428

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Proctor: 22 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Iron, Clay. 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
Blow DigLeadPast Producer
Grant Hill Clay PitsClayPast Producer
Hill Lead & Zinc MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Proctor Lead ProspectLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Gouts Creek MineIronPast Producer
Palm BankIronPast Producer
Wigwam Creek BankIronPast Producer
Anderson Ranch ProspectBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Grass Roots DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Parsons MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Todd (historical)5.1 miles24
Laurie6.6 miles22
Gravois Mills6.9 miles25
Riverview7.2 miles20
Buck Creek9.0 miles22
Cape Galena (historical)9.5 miles22
Boylers Mill9.6 miles20
Rocky Mount11.5 miles22

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 ProctorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27986082The 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 735981. 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.