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Walbert, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63037. It stands on Black Oak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Strain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Walbert within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Walbert (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
22 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128630-03623-09222015-1505
26 August 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 July 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 176 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 176 workings within 5 miles of Walbert (historical): 174 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Lead, Iron, Lead, Zinc. 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
Grabenthine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - Pb,Zn,FeIron, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown -Fe&PbIron, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Adams PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Ahring # 1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Brown PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Burton PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Copleman PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Millrock Ford1.5 miles20
Strain3.1 miles20
Champion City3.3 miles20
Rock Ford4.0 miles20
Laubinger Ford4.6 miles20
Gerald4.8 miles21
Boone (historical)4.9 miles20
Spring Bluff5.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755591. 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.