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Shamrock, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Shamrock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63361. It stands on Harrison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Martinsburg quadrangle.

Shamrock within Callaway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Shamrock between 1994 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation189935-01420-07282019-1545
2 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 June 2019Naturalunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation189934-01420-06062019-0946
20 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177545-01420-04202018-1400
6 March 2020Debris and open burning16 acresMissouri Department of Conservation200536-01420-03062020-1425
12 March 1994Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177387-01420-02032018-0115

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Callaway County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Shamrock: 26 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Martinsburg Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Aubuchon PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Blaussett PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Robertson PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Robertson PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Callaway County

Storms near this place

3 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shamrock in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1995Thunderstorm WindShamrock$122Wind gusts reached 60 mph in Fulton and a mobile home was heavily damaged in the northeast part of the county.
June 2009Flash FloodShamrock-Rain in excess of 3 inches had fallen in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several spots along County roads 261 and 262 were flooded as well as U.S. Highway 54 south of Kingdom City. Also, the north outer road of Interstate 70 three miles east of Williamsburg was flooded as well as the south outer road between mile markers 150 and 151. Numerous other county roads were flooded as well.
June 2006Tornado (F0)Shamrock-A small tornado formed just north of Shamrock on the west side of Highway B. At this location one home sustained minor roof damage. The tornado moved southeast crossing Highway B and damaged two machine sheds and downed several large trees. Further southeast a barn was completely destroyed. A man observed the tornado from a tractor while the tornado was in this area. The last damage noted was several large trees downed near County Road 1037.

Every storm recorded in Callaway 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
Bachelor4.2 miles21
Williamsburg5.7 miles21
Calwood10.1 miles21
Yucatan10.7 miles21
Auxvasse10.8 miles16
Bryans (historical)11.1 miles16
McCredie13.0 miles21
Toledo13.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726263. 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.