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Shantytown, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Dry Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65459. The Survey maps it on the Big Bend quadrangle.

Shantytown within Maries 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Shantytown between 1992 and 2005, burning about 580 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 May 1993Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Arson/incendiarism25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1994Smoking30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maries County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shantytown: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Maries County

Storms near this place

12 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shantytown in 12 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2010FloodShantytown$15,000A water rescue was performed along County Road 624. Excessive rainfall caused the Maries River to flood over a low water crossing which a motorist attempted to drive across.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Shantytown$5,000This is a continuation of the EF-0 tornado that touched down in Pulaski County and tracked northeast into far northwest Phelps County and finally into Maries County. Once it crossed the Phelps/Maries County line, it continues its intermittent path for 1.07 miles, uprooting a few trees before lifting 5 miles northeast of Dixon.
June 2020Flash FloodShantytown-County Road 624 was flooded and impassable due to flooding along the Maries River.
September 2018Flash FloodShantytown-The Maries River rose out of its banks and flooded over the roadway at County Road 624, north of Dixon, closing the road.
December 2018FloodShantytown-The low water crossing on Maries Road 624 just north of Dixon was flooded and impassable.
July 2016FloodShantytown-Water flooded over County Road 624 at the low water crossing along the Maries River.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindShantytown-Multiple trees were snapped along Highway E and County Road 506.
August 2013Flash FloodShantytown-The Marie's River was reported out of its banks and flowing 3 to 5 feet deep over the low water crossing on County Roads 623 and 642.
April 2012Flash FloodShantytown-Three feet of water was reported over Farm Road 624 along the Maries River.
May 2011Flash FloodShantytown-Two to two and a half feet of water was flowing over County Road 624 in the vicinity of Maries Creek.
July 2011Flash FloodShantytown-Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding to occur along the Little Maries River at the intersection with County Road 634. This low water crossing was impassable to motorists with two feet of swift water flowing over the bridge.
May 2011Flash FloodShantytown-Flooding was reported of low water crossings.

Every storm recorded in Maries 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
Big Bend1.6 miles20
Hayden4.6 miles17
Stickney6.3 miles17
Brinktown6.7 miles20
Gaines Ford (historical)8.3 miles17
Sudheimer9.8 miles20
Tavern9.9 miles20
Ozark Junction10.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 737978. 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.