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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.

Star within Stoddard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

11 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2

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
21 August 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178971-01201-04092019-1756
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177190-01201-04182018-1525
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSOUTHWEST POWER
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMark Twain National ForestROMBAUER
4 March 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178963-01201-03232019-1326
28 February 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stoddard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hodges Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Spring BankIronPast Producer
George TractIronPast Producer
George Tract Number 1IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stoddard 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
Dale1.4 miles12
Cobb1.6 miles12
Asherville2.2 miles12
Mingo3.1 miles12
Puxico5.2 miles12
Green Oaks8.3 miles11
Ives8.5 miles11
Hickman8.7 miles11

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.