Upalika, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63952. The Survey maps it on the Ellsinore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Williamsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ellsinore quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Upalika between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,446 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DD FIRE |
| 19 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | APRILS FOOLS 2 |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | WILEY KING |
| 5 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177989-01201-07212018-1221 |
| 15 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HARMONY CHURCH |
| 5 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TRAM EAST 1 |
| 5 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TRAM EAST 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Upalika: 15 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Amy Eaton Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Baker Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| C.A. Hallbert Property | Iron | Past Producer | 1931 | |
| Dunkett Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| E. Huff and R.E. Hillis | Iron | Past Producer | 1931 | |
| John Mcclure Property | Iron | Past Producer | 1953 | |
| Land # 2 | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Run Camp | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Browns Crossing | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Kerrigan (historical) | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Williamsville | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Barlow (historical) | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Keener Cave | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mill Spring | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Dees Town | 9.5 miles | 17 |
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 Upalika | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28123418 | 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 752673. 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.







