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Standish, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Carrollton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64633. The Survey maps it on the Standish quadrangle.

Standish within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

4,119 words on this township

History of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Carrollton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Carrollton Township - 4,119 words.

Fires near this place

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Standish between 1992 and 2019, burning about 176 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 May 1997Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176617-01749-04162018-1626
8 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176253-01749-03082018-1223
8 March 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Standish: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown - S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Austin England QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
George Dean QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Minnis + Trotten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Standish in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019FloodStandish-Route UU was closed in both directions near Bosworth.
July 2016Flash FloodStandish-Road UU was closed due to running water.
June 2008Flash FloodStandish-Water was reported over Highway UU, due to heavy rains.
April 2015HailStandish-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Milford3.6 miles18
Carrollton4.0 miles18
South Carrollton4.6 miles18
Leta5.4 miles16
Wakenda5.6 miles18
W B Junction6.3 miles15
Bogard7.1 miles15
Bosworth7.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730223. 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.