Star, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Duck Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63960. The Survey maps it on the Puxico quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Star between 1992 and 2019, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178971-01201-04092019-1756 |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177190-01201-04182018-1525 |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SOUTHWEST POWER |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ROMBAUER |
| 4 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178963-01201-03232019-1326 |
| 28 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Star: 22 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hodges Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Spring Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| George Tract | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| George Tract Number 1 | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cobb | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Asherville | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Mingo | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Puxico | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Green Oaks | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ives | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hickman | 8.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741282. 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.






