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Santiago, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65360. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln NW quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.

Santiago within Benton 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.

In the county-history sources

86 words on this township

A Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on White Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on White Township - 86 words.

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Santiago between 1992 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural1

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
21 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177866-00807-07212018-1138
6 April 2006Natural113 acresMissouri Department of ConservationBRUSH CREEK RANCH FIRE
21 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178994-00807-04212019-1120
9 March 2018Debris and open burning5.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176302-00807-03092018-0000
8 March 2020Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190396-00807-03082020-2020
8 March 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190397-00807-03082020-2045
8 March 2020Arson/incendiarism5.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190398-00807-03082020-2025
8 March 2020Arson/incendiarism17 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190394-00807-03082020-2010

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Santiago: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lincoln QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Santiago QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santiago in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 flood, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Santiago$160,000A NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 mph had uprooted and snapped numerous trees. As the tornado curled near the end of its lifespan it damaged three barns and downed several power poles.
September 2018FloodSantiago$15,000A culvert was lifted upward due to heavy rainfall and asphalt was washed away on State Highway HH about 4 miles west of Highway 65 northwest of Lincoln, Missouri.
September 2018FloodSantiago$10,000A portion of Highway HH was washed out 1/4 mile east of Highway E due to fast flowing water from heavy rainfall.
July 2024HailSantiago-Report of ping pong ball size hail.
August 2017Flash FloodSantiago-There was water over the road at the intersection of County Road E and County Road C. The roadways were closed due to high water levels.
August 2016FloodSantiago-Highway E near Barker Creek was closed due to flooding.
February 2009Flash FloodSantiago-A widespread shield of showers and thunderstorms produced one to two inches of rain across Benton County. Several low water crossings became impassable to motorists, while a few county roads experienced flooding.
June 2009Flash FloodSantiago-Two to five inches of rain fell over Benton County resulting in flash flooding in several locations. A few of these locations include a section of Highway EE, a section of Highway 83, a section of Highway B near Cole Camp, and a section of Highway E in far northwest Benton County. A water rescue was performed along Highway E in far northwest Benton County where the Highway crosses over Barker Creek.
March 2008FloodSantiago-Minor flooding occurred over Benton County. A couple of specific locations that flooded included a section of Highway 83 two miles south of Warsaw and a section of Lone Star Road south of Warsaw.
May 2018HailSantiago-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Palo Pinto3.1 miles17
Brandon5.9 miles19
Lincoln6.9 miles17
Macks Camp8.1 miles22
Ionia8.8 miles19
Racket9.4 miles22
Teal Bend9.9 miles22
Cole Camp Junction9.9 miles17

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 SantiagoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7420188The 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 741241. 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.