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Wakenda, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Eugene Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64633. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton East quadrangle. 467 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 653 feet above sea level.

Wakenda within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

In the county-history sources

1,606 words on this township

History of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Eugene Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Eugene Township - 1,606 words.

Fires near this place

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wakenda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3

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
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176617-01749-04162018-1626
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190331-01749-03072020-1340
4 March 2018Debris and open burning2.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176394-01749-03042018-1209
21 February 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wakenda: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Carrollton Sand Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Austin England QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Minnis + Trotten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wakenda in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
March 2008FloodWakenda-The Wakenda Creek near Carrollton crested at 21.75 feet, or 1.75 feet above flood stage.
June 2000HailWakenda-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindWakenda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Leta4.7 miles16
White Rock5.1 miles16
Standish5.6 miles17
Milford6.4 miles18
South Carrollton6.5 miles18
Carrollton7.0 miles18
Bowdry (historical)7.4 miles15
W B Junction8.2 miles15

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 WakendaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476892The 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 730242. 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.