Sargent, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Sargent Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65689. It lies near Riley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cabool SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1951 USGS Cabool quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Cabool SE quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Cabool South quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Cabool SE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Sargent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 391 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | 22 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SHEEKS EAST |
| 7 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 51 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TICK HOLLER |
| 26 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Sargent: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| J.E. Coatney | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Neatherly Sand and Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sargent in 1 storm report in 2016: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Hail | Sargent | - | A picture from Facebook showed half dollar size hail. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varvol | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar Bluff | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cabool | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Elk Creek | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Grogan | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Dunn | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Clear Springs | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Simmons | 9.9 miles | 15 |
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 Sargent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28089634 | The 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 752034. 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.







