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White Rock, Missouri

16 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. The Survey maps it on the Miami Station quadrangle.

White Rock within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 White Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 167 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190331-01749-03072020-1340
4 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined108 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176545-01749-03042018-1836
8 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176254-01749-02082018-1103
5 February 1994Debris and open burning33 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 February 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 February 1992Debris and open burning8.0 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

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of White Rock: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Garner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lautenslager QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Malan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Miami Quarry #34 & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Leta3.4 miles16
De Witt4.8 miles18
Wakenda5.1 miles18
Milford6.7 miles18
Standish8.4 miles17
Bosworth9.7 miles18
South Carrollton11.2 miles18
Carrollton11.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728763. 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.