Shaw, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Columbia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65202. The Survey maps it on the Millersburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Columbia township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Killed By A Falling Tree
In 1825 a little nine-year-old boy named AVilliam R. Wright, whose parents lived in this township, was killed at a point in Missouri township, on what is now known as the Hume farm. He was buried where is now a garden, on the farm of Sidne}^ Hume. The Indians had set the woods on fire and the boy, with his father and some others of the settlers, was out fighting the flames, and a burning tree fell on him and killed him instantly.
In the county-history sources
98,879 words on this townshipHistory of Boone County, Missouri. Written and Comp. from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources; Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages. Together with a Condensed History of Missouri; the City of St. Louis ... Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Citizens .., published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Columbia Township covers topography, fine farms, early settlers and settlements, pioneer life, the first mills, killed by a tree.
Read the chapter on Columbia Township - 98,879 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Shaw between 1992 and 2018, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177550-01420-05092018-1414 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177547-01420-04302018-1823 |
| 5 March 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 March 1992 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 December 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Shaw: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shaw in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaw | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over a large tree on Doziers Station Road just east of Columbia and the unincorporated community of Shaw. Numerous other tree limbs were blown down in the area. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Shaw | - | Up to six inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding across portions of northern Boone County. There was between 2 and 3 feet of standing water at the intersection of Vandiver Drive and Route B (Paris Road). |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaw | - | The County EOC reported the roof of a barn blown off at Highway Z and Mexico Gravel Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boonesborough (historical) | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Harg | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Switzler | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Murry | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Stephens | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Moores Switch | 5.7 miles | 29 | |
| Browns | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lebanon (historical) | 6.7 miles | 18 |
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 Shaw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7491133 | The 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 752099. 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.











