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Protem, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65733. It lies near Pelham Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Protem quadrangle. It stands 699 feet above sea level.

Protem within Taney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 11 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Protem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,402 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230665-10606-08092020-1155
29 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230666-10606-08252020-1535
22 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 July 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taney 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 Protem: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taney County

Storms near this place

32 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Protem in 32 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 18 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
August 2013Thunderstorm WindProtem$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down around Protem.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindProtem$5,000Several powerlines had to be repaired from large trees blowing down onto them.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindProtem$5,000no account filed
April 2023HailProtem-Golf ball sized hail was reported in a mainly rural area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindProtem-Multiple trees were reported down.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindProtem-A National Weather Service storm survey found a swath of tree damage south of Rueter. Winds estimated near 85 mph.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindProtem-Multiple trees were reported down by high winds.
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Protem-A National Weather Service Storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down four miles northeast of Protem in Taney County, Missouri and tracked to five miles northwest of Theodosia in Ozark County, Missouri. The tornado was on the ground for approximately eight minutes along its 5.4 mile total track maximum wind speeds estimated at 100 mph. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted along its path as it moved through far eastern Taney county where it then entered Ozark County.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindProtem-A tree was reported down and blocking the road on U Highway near the low water crossing on Tumbling Creek.
March 2017HailProtem-This report was from social media.
April 2017Flash FloodProtem-State Highway 125 was closed due to flooding.
April 2016HailProtem-Hail fell for about 10 minutes.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindProtem-A spotter observed a 60 mph wind gust.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindProtem-Several trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindProtem-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees along Highway U.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindProtem-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in rural sections of southeast Taney County.
May 2018HailProtem-no account filed
March 2015HailProtem-no account filed
March 2015HailProtem-no account filed
April 2013HailProtem-no account filed
April 2011HailProtem-no account filed
March 2006HailProtem-no account filed
April 2005HailProtem-no account filed
May 2004HailProtem-no account filed
May 2004HailProtem-no account filed
March 2002HailProtem-no account filed
February 2001HailProtem-no account filed
August 2001HailProtem-no account filed
July 1999Flash FloodProtem-no account filed
April 1998HailProtem-no account filed
June 1998HailProtem-no account filed
November 1995HailProtem-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taney 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
Rueter5.5 miles11
Nance6.5 miles11
Fairview7.5 miles11
Cedarcreek8.1 miles11
Hilda11.4 miles13
Hercules12.3 miles11
Mincy13.5 miles12
Eastview (historical)14.6 miles11

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 ProtemAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471111The 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 751766. 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.