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Toronto, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65591. It lies near Barnett Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Toronto quadrangle.

Toronto within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Toronto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,531 acres in total. None 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178056-01502-09042018-1220
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261563-01502-09262020-1515
30 August 1999Debris and open burning18 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2000Debris and open burning47 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined187 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177874-01502-04072018-1143
6 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden 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 Toronto: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Robinett DiggingsIronPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
J B Harris DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Jones QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old Harold MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Nelson Owen Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden 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
Freedom4.1 miles22
Montreal4.3 miles13
Wet Glaize5.6 miles13
Glaize (historical)6.3 miles14
Passover6.6 miles22
Hugo7.1 miles13
Linn Creek10.1 miles22
Laguna Beach11.0 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 TorontoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q26832708The 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 741327. 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.