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Wainwright, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Summit Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65043. The Survey maps it on the Osage City quadrangle.

Wainwright within Callaway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Wainwright between 1993 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176616-01416-04212018-1349
9 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176463-01416-03092018-1630
8 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation135353-01416-03082016-1617
8 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation119677-01416-03082015-1721
5 March 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135558-01416-03052016-1114

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Callaway County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Wainwright: 24 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Dickson PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Leonard Barnhart Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jefferson City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Miner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
State Penitentiary QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Callaway County

Storms near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wainwright in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2005HailWainwright$5,000no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWainwright-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto a road two miles east of Wainwright.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWainwright-Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of trees which blocked both lanes of Highway 94 near Wainwright.
November 2009Flash FloodWainwright-Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were closed including Highway 94 near Mokane and Van Horn Boulevard in Holts Summit.

Every storm recorded in Callaway 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
Bakersville (historical)2.6 miles23
Cote Sans Dessein (historical)4.3 miles19
Howards Bluff (historical)4.7 miles22
Holts Summit4.9 miles22
North Jefferson5.3 miles26
Cedar City6.0 miles26
Tebbetts6.2 miles19
Lake Mykee Town6.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728244. 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.