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Sharon, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Miami Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65349. The Survey maps it on the Miami quadrangle.

Sharon within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

In the county-history sources

8,169 words on this township

History of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881; Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri, published 1910 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Miami Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Miami Township - 8,169 words.

Fires near this place

5 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Sharon between 1993 and 1999, burning about 161 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
Debris and open burning4
Natural1

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
1 August 1993Natural12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 February 1994Debris and open burning11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 February 1994Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 February 1994Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 October 1999Debris and open burning110 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sharon: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Franklin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Miami5.2 miles16
Fairville6.5 miles19
Slater6.6 miles18
New Frankfort6.8 miles16
Norton7.2 miles19
Gilliam8.2 miles18
Orearville9.4 miles18
Cambridge10.2 miles15

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 SharonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28054311The 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 741261. 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.