Sentinel, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in McKinley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65727. The Survey maps it on the Sentinel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Sentinel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Sentinel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Hermitage quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sentinel quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sentinel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Sentinel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 294 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178611-03015-04202019-1451 |
| 20 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176612-03015-04202018-1338 |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176188-03015-03082018-2042 |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190164-03015-03072020-1522 |
| 7 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sentinel: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Plummer Farm | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sentinel in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Sentinel | - | Widespread excessive rainfall caused flooding over numerous county roads across Polk County. A water rescue was performed along County Road 435 just east of its intersection with Highway D. Flooding that caused this water rescue was from a tributary of Piper Creek that flows along the eastern edge of Bolivar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckaby | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Mohawk Corner | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Adonis | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Rimby | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Polk | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Ingalls (historical) | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Huron | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Clifford (historical) | 6.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726205. 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.










