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Safe, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65559. It stands on Coppedge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Safe quadrangle.

Safe within Maries County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Safe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism1
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
30 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maries County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Safe: 72 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Hinke PitCalciumPast Producer
Radford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Allmeyer PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Berkner PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Blair Prospect PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Claggert #1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dillon PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Gnemi-Dillon # 1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Gronehalt PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Hogue #1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Maries County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Safe in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindSafe$20,000A NWS storm survey determined that straight line winds up to 80 mph caused damage to several outbuildings.
December 2024Flash FloodSafe$10,000A successful water rescue occurred at a low water crossing on county road 432 in Maries County at the Bourbeuse River. A vehicle attempting to cross the river was swept off the bridge.
April 2020HailSafe-Nickle sized hail was reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSafe-Two large trees were reported down near the intersection of Highways 68 and P.
June 2013Flash FloodSafe-Highway 68 near Highway H was flooded.
March 2008HailSafe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Maries 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
Broadway (historical)3.1 miles17
High Gate4.9 miles17
Vichy6.0 miles17
Lois6.9 miles18
Lanes Prairie7.9 miles17
Davis Ford9.2 miles17
Lindell9.3 miles18
Paydown12.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741225. 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.