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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.

Quaker within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

97 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPALMER
9 May 1996Natural42 acresMark Twain National ForestPINEY BRANCH
27 May 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHAZEL
24 May 2000Natural3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMCCLAIN CEMETERY
13 May 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestEVANS HILL
9 April 2017Debris and open burning3.7 acresMark Twain National ForestCOPPER HILL
9 April 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestFLOORING
8 April 2004Debris and open burning2.5 acresMark Twain National ForestTAVERN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
PalmerLead, Barium-Barite, IronPast ProducerREPLACEMENT
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown-Zinc and LeadLead, ZincPast Producer
Palmer Lead FurnaceLeadPast Producer
Unknown-LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown-LeadLeadPast Producer
M+B MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Tailings Pond -Barite -Howell MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Tailings Pond -Barite -M+B MiningBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Delbridge1.2 miles23
Ishmael3.4 miles22
Courtois3.9 miles22
Palmer4.0 miles23
Horton Town4.1 miles23
Sunlight5.1 miles23
Brazil5.5 miles22
Peoria6.5 miles23

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 QuakerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28095148The 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.