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Seckman, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Imperial Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63052. The Survey maps it on the Maxville quadrangle.

Seckman within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

99 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Seckman between 2005 and 2011, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism21
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Natural3

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
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Seckman: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wickes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Simpson South Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seckman in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 1 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
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSeckman-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
March 2025HailSeckman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Spring Forest0.9 miles25
Beck2.8 miles25
Byers3.2 miles28
Antonia3.2 miles25
Maxville3.3 miles25
Jefferson Heights3.4 miles25
Arnold3.6 miles25
Imperial3.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726174. 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.