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Scott, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65109. It stands on Dickerson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lohman quadrangle.

Scott within Cole County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Scott between 2005 and 2017, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning2

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
15 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 October 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Scott: 24 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Coal, Lead. 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
Chambers Jack ProspectLeadPast Producer
UnknownBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, CoalPast Producer
Brounele Farm Lead MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Caspary MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Adrian Materials MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adrian Materials Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hitch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cole County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scott in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindScott-Several smaller trees were blown over.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindScott-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in Brazito. Also, a large tree was uprooted on Henwick Lane on the west side of Jefferson City.

Every storm recorded in Cole 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
Elston2.5 miles20
Apache Flats2.7 miles20
Cole Junction2.8 miles26
Saint Martins3.6 miles20
Scruggs3.9 miles20
Plummer4.6 miles20
Jefferson City6.2 miles26
Marion6.9 miles20

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 ScottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27150025The 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 741248. 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.