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Teal, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65040. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meta quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Teal within Cole County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

10 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Teal (historical) between 2005 and 2019, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 March 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 March 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 March 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 February 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 February 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178256-07614-02272019-0449
21 February 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 December 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Teal (historical): 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Meta MineSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Fowler MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Mcmillan ShaftLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - FeIronPast Producer
Unknown - Fe.IronPast Producer
Unknown-IronIronPast Producer
Unknown-IronIronPast Producer
Unknown-IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cole 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
Saint Thomas2.3 miles17
Henley4.3 miles19
Osage Bluff6.7 miles17
Osage Bend6.9 miles17
Hickory Hill7.5 miles19
Bass7.6 miles19
Brazito7.9 miles19
Honey Creek8.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738647. 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.