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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.

Upalika within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

59 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestDD FIRE
19 August 2006Debris and open burning1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestAPRILS FOOLS 2
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestWILEY KING
5 July 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177989-01201-07212018-1221
15 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresMark Twain National ForestHARMONY CHURCH
5 June 2007Arson/incendiarism9.5 acresMark Twain National ForestTRAM EAST 1
5 June 2007Arson/incendiarism12 acresMark Twain National ForestTRAM EAST 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - Usfs LandFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Usfs LandStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Amy Eaton PropertyIronProspect
Baker MineIronPast Producer
C.A. Hallbert PropertyIronPast Producer1931
Dunkett PropertyIronProspect
E. Huff and R.E. HillisIronPast Producer1931
John Mcclure PropertyIronPast Producer1953
Land # 2IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Bull Run Camp3.2 miles13
Browns Crossing3.4 miles13
Kerrigan (historical)5.0 miles17
Williamsville5.3 miles13
Barlow (historical)5.5 miles17
Keener Cave6.1 miles13
Mill Spring9.0 miles18
Dees Town9.5 miles17

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 UpalikaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28123418The 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.