Upton, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Upton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65444. The Survey maps it on the Huggins quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Huggins quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Upton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 123530-10744-04072015-1702 |
| 17 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Upton: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upton in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Upton | $20,000 | An EF-1 tornado with maximum width of 50 yards and estimated winds up to 95 mph tore through rural portions of Texas County. The track was just over a mile long. There was damage to a roof, carport, several outbuildings, and trees. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upton | $1,000 | A large machine shed was blown 40 feet. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Upton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Ridge | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dykes | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Roubidoux | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Huggins | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Plum Valley | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fairview | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Alice | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bendavis | 5.4 miles | 14 |
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 Upton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471002 | 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 728081. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






