Thoms, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Galena Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64834. The Survey maps it on the Carl Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1886 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Carl Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
121 words on this townshipThe History of Jasper County, Missouri : Including a Condensed History of the State, a Complete History of Carthage and Joplin, Other Towns and Townships : Together with Numerous Portraits of Prominent Men : Cuts of Elegant Residences and Public Buildings : a Sectional Map of the County : Biographical Sketches of Many Enterprising Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional, and Business Men : the Constitution of the State : an Abstract of Laws : an Elaborate History of Jasper County - Its Topography, Natural History, Pioneers, Organization, Political History, Courts and Bar, Religious, Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural, Its Commercial and Business Interests, Etc, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Galena Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Galena Township - 121 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Thoms between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261459-04936-11012020-0430 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 766 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 766 workings within 5 miles of Thoms: 764 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klondike Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mattes Bros. Chat Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Opossum Hollow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn/Pb | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn/Pb | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Belleville Strip Pit | Zinc | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Crane-Chenoweth Tract | Zinc | Past Producer | 1926, 1927 | |
| Isherwood Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1925, 1926 | |
| Pearl Lease | Zinc | Past Producer | 1910, 1912 | |
| Unknown | Zinc | Past Producer | 1890, 1916 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuckahoe | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Stringtown | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Belleville | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Carl Junction | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Klondike | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Airport Drive | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Elm | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Gulfton | 2.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740023. 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.









