Spring City, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Five Mile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64804. The Survey maps it on the Racine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1907 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Racine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Racine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Spring City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 663 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220610-07341-08092020-1309 |
| 6 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177462-07341-08172018-1253 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 289 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 289 workings within 5 miles of Spring City: 289 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirshmann-Jeffries Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Baxter Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Cornwall Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| J&M Mining Co.-Ben Putnam | Zinc | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Taxbox Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| White Oak Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Alpha Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Black Hawk Shaft | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Chenoweth Tract | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring City in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring City | $15,000 | Report of a roof blown off a new construction house on Highway 43 and Elm St. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring City | $15,000 | Report of a tree that fell on a house. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Spring City | - | Highway 86 was closed at a low water area due to flooding. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring City | - | A large tree and limbs were reported down at Eland Road and Dutch Elm Road. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Spring City | - | The road was flooded and Impassable on Douglas Fir Road at MO-43 north of Seneca. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Spring City | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Spring City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Spring City | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Spring City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornet | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Redings Mill | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Cliff Village | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Loma Linda | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Shoal Creek Estates | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Grand Falls Plaza | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Shoal Creek Drive | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Leawood | 4.0 miles | 19 |
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 Spring City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5269953 | 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 726895. 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.







