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Prosperine, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Spring Hollow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65463. The Survey maps it on the Eldridge West quadrangle.

Prosperine within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

225 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Prosperine between 1992 and 2017, burning about 14,624 acres in total. None started naturally. 105 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
Arson/incendiarism105
Debris and open burning88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism120 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2000Smoking5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 1999Debris and open burning153 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Prosperine: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prosperine in 2 storm reports in 2008: 2 flash 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
March 2008Flash FloodProsperine$1,000,000Four to nine inches of rain fell over Laclede County. The southeast section of the county experienced the greatest rainfall totals as widespread flooding occurred over county roads.
March 2008Flash FloodProsperine-Saturated antecedent conditions existed prior to this period of excessive rainfall. Some regional locations experienced record rainfall totals from February and March. One to three inches of rain fell across the county causing widespread flash flooding of low water crossings, county roads, and low lying areas near creeks and rivers. Ultimately, all locations that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded.

Every storm recorded in Laclede 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
Eldridge2.7 miles14
Case3.5 miles16
Gilbertson Ford (historical)3.9 miles16
Dove4.4 miles14
Grace4.6 miles14
Sweet Hollow Ford (historical)4.9 miles16
Atchley (historical)5.0 miles14
Smith Ford (historical)5.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724959. 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.