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Saratoga, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64863. The Survey maps it on the South West City quadrangle.

Saratoga within McDonald County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Saratoga between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,101 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 2012Natural50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Natural7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30553
19 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30346
19 July 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2011Debris and open burning20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30309
4 April 1992Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30236

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDonald County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Saratoga: 11 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
Armstrong & Cravens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
John P Hughes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joplin-Elk River Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lewis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Madge Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mill Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Railroad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDonald County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saratoga in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2026Thunderstorm WindSaratoga-Two trees were reported blown over.
May 2024HailSaratoga-Dime to quarter size hail 3 west of Noel on Highway 90.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSaratoga-Several trees were reported down in the Noel and Southwest City areas.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSaratoga-A large sixteen inch diameter tree fell on Highway 90 about three miles west of Noel.

Every storm recorded in McDonald 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
Pack2.7 miles13
Spring Valley3.1 miles13
South West City3.5 miles13
Noel3.8 miles13
Armstrong Quarry4.2 miles13
Mount Shira5.6 miles13
Ginger Blue6.0 miles13
Elk Springs6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729959. 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.