Shepard, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Kaolin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63623. It lies near Guyser Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Johnson Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 20 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.
- 1924 USGS Edgehill quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Edgehill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Johnson Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Johnson Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Shepard (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | TRACTOR |
| 6 June 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | KEITH SPRINGS |
| 6 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | COUNCIL BLUFF 17 |
| 30 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CLAYTON |
| 3 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | YOUNT |
| 26 April 2000 | Smoking | 20 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PRUITT MOUNTAIN |
| 25 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BLUFF |
| 13 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | JOHNSON MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Shepard (historical): 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Lead, Nitrogen-Nitrates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitre Cave | Nitrogen-Nitrates | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Burt Bank | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Eaton Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Robinson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Kaolin Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Montana Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Old Barger Property | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enough (historical) | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Banner | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Maxwells Mill | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Redmondville | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Goodland | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Belleview | 7.8 miles | 24 | |
| East End | 7.9 miles | 22 | |
| Pin Hook | 8.1 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739932. 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.














