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Ware, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63050. It stands on Butcher Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fletcher quadrangle.

Ware within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

60 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Ware between 2003 and 2018, burning about 193 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning7
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178414-05008-09092018-1315
6 September 2013Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 2004Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 August 2013Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 July 2003Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Ware: 20 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Gray's DiggingsZinc, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - Barite & LeadLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Darby DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Quinn MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Shady DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + BariteBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Frumet MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Gray's MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ware in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWare-Thunderstorm winds blew down a number of trees and tree limbs along Reynolds Creek Road and Highway B, north northwest of Hillsboro. Also, several homes sustained minor roof damage.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWare-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs between Hillsboro and Victoria. Also, several large trees were uprooted and a two foot diameter tree was snapped off about 3 feet above the ground just west of Hillsboro.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Ware-A small tornado occurred along Highway WW near the Franklin, Washington, and Jefferson County line. This brief tornado downed and mangled trees along a short path which was about 50 yards wide.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Mount Freedom1.6 miles18
Cottage Farm1.8 miles18
Frumet4.1 miles18
Raintree Plantation4.2 miles21
Morse Mill4.4 miles22
Fletcher5.0 miles18
Hillsboro5.4 miles20
Briarwood Estates5.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728347. 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.