Tarrants, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cuivre Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63334. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green quadrangle. 22 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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 Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1937 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Tarrants between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220650-08204-08212020-1532 |
| 16 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179111-08204-04102019-1347 |
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tarrants: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hume Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Magnesium Mining Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Vera | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| McCune | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Clement | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cyrene | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Ashley | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Elmwood | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Edgewood | 8.2 miles | 18 |
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 Tarrants | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q920999 | 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 727467. 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.






