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Wheelerville, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Crane Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65605. The Survey maps it on the Jenkins quadrangle.

Wheelerville within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Wheelerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 994 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wheelerville: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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
Unknown - Lead-ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Upshur MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheelerville in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
September 2022Flash FloodWheelerville-Farm Road 1232 was flooded at a low water area.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWheelerville-The top of a large tree was snapped off on Highway 248 approximately one mile west of Highway D.
January 2008Tornado (EF0)Wheelerville-A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado developed along a squall line and tracked across rural sections of Barry and Stone counties. In Barry County, damage mainly consisted of trees.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindWheelerville-Thunderstorm winds downed large trees on Highway 248 at the Barry and Stone county line.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindWheelerville-A trained spotter reported severe thunderstorm wind damage to a mobile home near the community of Wheelerville.
May 2006HailWheelerville-no account filed
April 2004HailWheelerville-no account filed
April 2001HailWheelerville-no account filed
June 2001HailWheelerville-no account filed
May 2000HailWheelerville-no account filed
May 1996HailWheelerville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barry 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
Scholten0.9 miles12
Revisville3.4 miles12
Leann3.6 miles12
Osa4.7 miles12
Jenkins5.0 miles12
Flat Creek (historical)5.2 miles12
Madry5.3 miles12
Cato8.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728694. 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.