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Rich Fountain, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65051. It stands on Buchler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westphalia East quadrangle.

Rich Fountain within Osage County

On record in Rich Fountain

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Rich Fountain between 1992 and 2019, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 May 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 March 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178465-07607-03222019-1500
7 February 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 February 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Rich Fountain: 24 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Jackets MineIronPast Producer
Marvin Frederick Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Adelhard #1 PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Limberg PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rich Fountain in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2011: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRich Fountain-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs and shredded a boat canopy.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindRich Fountain-Several trees were blown down across Highway U between Rich Fountain and Linn.
October 2001HailRich Fountain-A cooperative weather observer reported 1 inch hail near Rich Fountain.
March 2008FloodRich Fountain-no account filed
April 2006HailRich Fountain-no account filed
April 2006HailRich Fountain-no account filed
November 2005HailRich Fountain-no account filed
November 2005Thunderstorm WindRich Fountain-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRich Fountain-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Daggetts Ford (historical)5.2 miles17
Judge5.5 miles17
Freeburg6.0 miles17
Linn6.4 miles17
Koenig6.5 miles17
Gascondy6.7 miles17
Westphalia7.1 miles17
Potts7.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725251. 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.