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Table Rock, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Arlington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65459. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle.

Table Rock within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Table Rock between 1992 and 2012, burning about 760 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 July 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestTURTLE
7 April 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Arson/incendiarism25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps 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 Table Rock: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Jerome Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Agricultural College LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
GottscallIronOccurrence
Ozark Branch BankIronOccurrenceLimonite
UnkIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Phelps 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
Sugartree1.4 miles25
Jerome2.8 miles25
Arlington3.3 miles25
Powellville5.2 miles20
Westcott (historical)5.2 miles25
Newburg6.0 miles25
Clementine6.1 miles20
Doolittle6.3 miles25

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 Table RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27986278The 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 752476. 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.