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Wishart, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wishart Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65710. It stands on Slagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bolivar quadrangle.

Wishart within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Wishart between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,278 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined772 acresMissouri Department of ConservationFANCY FENCE
4 April 2006Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176809-08407-04282018-1102
2 April 1995Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wishart: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 - ClayClayPast Producer
Wishart QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wishart in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
April 2017FloodWishart$10,000A car was submerged in flood water from the SAC River and Coates Branch Creek on Highway 215. All occupants were able to escape safely.
May 2024Heavy RainWishart-Rainfall of 3.55 inches was measured in a 24 hour period.
May 2020HailWishart-Quarter sized hail was reported.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Morrisville2.6 miles17
Orleans (historical)3.3 miles15
West Bend3.5 miles17
Karlin3.9 miles17
Graydon Springs4.5 miles16
Eudora4.5 miles16
Slagle4.8 miles17
Cedar Vista4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729019. 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.