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Samoa, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Piney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65483. The Survey maps it on the Houston quadrangle.

Samoa within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Samoa between 1992 and 2019, burning about 224 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism6
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
6 August 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 April 2001Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas 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 Samoa: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
M. Manier Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Fred SuttonIronPast Producer1953
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Baker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas 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
Yukon3.4 miles18
Solo3.6 miles18
Houston4.2 miles19
Big Creek4.5 miles17
Mineral Springs City4.7 miles19
Tyrone5.3 miles18
Clara6.0 miles14
Raymondville6.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740141. 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.