Strother, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in South Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65275. It stands on South Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paris East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1890 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1890 USGS Perry quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Florida quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Paris East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on South Fork township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Chapter Xiii
Introductory Remarks - Priestly H. McBride - David Todd - Austin A. King - Ezra Hunt - A. B. Chambers - Albert G. Harrison - John Anderson - James R. Abernathy - Present Members of the Bar - Crimes and Accidents - Miss Jennie Searcy Killed by a Train of Cars - W.T.Johnson - JepthaHeathman - George Stayton - Robert Cummings - "William Rouse - W.
In the county-history sources
40,518 words on this townshipHistory of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on South Fork Township covers its physical features, farmers, cemetery, pioneers, santr fe, its history.
Read the chapter on South Fork Township - 40,518 words.
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Strother between 1992 and 1997, burning about 177 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 February 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 October 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Strother: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcclain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mill Creek Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strother in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Hail | Strother | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Santa Fe | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Buzzards Roost | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Leich Ford | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Goss | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Paris | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Florida | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Stoutsville | 8.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741299. 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.






