Quaker, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Harmony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63664. It stands on Trace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Courtois quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1943 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Courtois quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Courtois quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Quaker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,037 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PALMER |
| 9 May 1996 | Natural | 42 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PINEY BRANCH |
| 27 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | HAZEL |
| 24 May 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MCCLAIN CEMETERY |
| 13 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EVANS HILL |
| 9 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | COPPER HILL |
| 9 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | FLOORING |
| 8 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TAVERN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Quaker: 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Clay, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer | Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron | Past Producer | REPLACEMENT | |
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Zinc and Lead | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Palmer Lead Furnace | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| M+B Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Tailings Pond -Barite -Howell Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Tailings Pond -Barite -M+B Mining | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
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.
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 Quaker | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28095148 | The 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 751780. 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.













