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Shirley, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Walton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63664. It stands on Race Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shirley quadrangle.

Shirley within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 22 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Shirley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,417 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128011-11043-09052015-1622
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresMark Twain National ForestFLOYD
14 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARGE FIRE
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestLOST CREEK CHURCH
10 July 2012Natural82 acresMark Twain National ForestSCOTTS BRANCH
6 May 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shirley: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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
Parole MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer1814
Krueger Zinc MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead and ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Casey and Clancy DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown-LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown-LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shirley in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindShirley-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees as well as numerous tree limbs.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindShirley-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees 5 miles southwest of Potosi and several large trees in Old Mines.
April 2015HailShirley-A wide swath of large hail fell across central Washington County. Most of the hail was the size of golfballs, but there was a report of baseball sized hail 7 miles west of Potosi.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindShirley-Several trees were blown down onto Missouri Route 8 in Shirley.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindShirley-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH as thunderstorms moved through western sections of the county.
May 2016HailShirley-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindShirley-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindShirley-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindShirley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Levy1.4 miles22
Camp Lakewood2.4 miles22
Floyd3.1 miles22
Bates Creek Camp5.2 miles21
Latty6.2 miles21
Palmer6.6 miles23
Potosi7.1 miles21
Fourche a Renault (historical)7.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752129. 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.