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Wimmer, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64762. The Survey maps it on the Iantha quadrangle.

Wimmer within Barton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Wimmer between 1994 and 2018, burning about 116 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
11 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 May 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2015Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation120371-00627-03072015-1509
22 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178084-00625-03222018-2204
10 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176092-00625-03102018-0921
5 February 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 February 2015Smoking20 acresMissouri Department of Conservation120370-00627-02122015-1038
8 January 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation120361-00627-01082015-1240

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wimmer: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Consolidated Troup Mine # 1Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Pb.& Zn.Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Ss.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barton 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
Liberal2.9 miles26
Iantha4.4 miles16
Verdella5.7 miles16
Hannon6.4 miles16
Mindenmines7.1 miles22
Miller Brothers (historical)7.2 miles26
Burgess7.4 miles26
Oakton8.3 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122555273The 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 741363. 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.