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Zion, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It stands on Peters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee Pass quadrangle.

Zion within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Zion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 589 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Natural1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179442-06205-09112019-1450
2 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 August 2007Natural21 acresMark Twain National ForestWILDCAT SPRINGS
23 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestPITBULL
4 June 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresMark Twain National ForestCHEROKEE
8 April 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCEDAR MTN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Zion: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Silver, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, 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
E P Settle Silver MineLead, SilverPast Producer
Revelle ProspectCobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, SilverProspect
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Matthew ShaftLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zion in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 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
May 2015Thunderstorm WindZion-Numerous trees were damaged just south of Zion. The tree limbs were blocking portions of County Road 417.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindZion-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree across U.S. Highway 67 a couple of miles south of Cherokee Pass.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Zion-Another tornado formed about a mile north of the one that had touched down near the intersection of U.S. 67 and State Highway N. It paralled the path of the other tornado lifting and dissipating about half a mile northeast of Madison County Road 303, about three quarters of a mile southeast of the intersection of U.S. 67 and Madison County Road 303. The damage was limited to numerous large trees blown down or uprooted along its path. The widest part of the damage path, about a third of a mile, was where the tornado crossed Madison County Road 303.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Central3.6 miles20
Cherokee Pass4.7 miles20
Klendike4.7 miles19
Twelvemile4.8 miles19
Buckhorn5.9 miles19
Faro7.0 miles20
Millcreek7.2 miles17
Marquand7.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729261. 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.