Stringtown, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Moreau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65053. The Survey maps it on the Lohman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lohman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown between 2011 and 2019, burning about 131 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177432-02626-07022018-1535 |
| 18 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177430-02626-04292018-1650 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177429-02626-04232018-1450 |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178709-02626-04222019-1040 |
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177428-02626-02182018-1630 |
| 31 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Stringtown: 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Clay, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Diggings | Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Scheplar Pit | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boaz Pit | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Dunlap Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Rapp Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Shale | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Shale | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver Dig | Lead | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lohman | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Millbrook | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Plummer | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Russellville | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Scruggs | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Scrivner | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Martins | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Apache Flats | 5.1 miles | 20 |
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 Stringtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984637 | 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 741298. 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.










