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Abesville, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in McKinley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65656. The Survey maps it on the Spokane quadrangle.

Abesville within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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 Abesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,721 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230929-10404-09302020-1740
13 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1993Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Debris and open burning80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Abesville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 - GoldGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Stone County

Storms near this place

15 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abesville in 15 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2010LightningAbesville$20,000A lightning strike to a residence caused a house fire near Holt Woods Road and Highway 160.
April 2019Flash FloodAbesville-Heavy rainfall produced flooding on Coon Ridge Road where the West Prong Goff Creek flowed out of its banks and inundated the roadway. Flooding continued into the very early hours of May 1st.
August 2018Flash FloodAbesville-A citizen reported of flooding to the bottom of the doors on an S10 pickup on highway 176 at Hedrick Lane.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAbesville-A tree was blown down on Abesville Circle.
July 2015Flash FloodAbesville-Water was over Highway 176 near Highway 160. Water was over Railey Creek Road as well.
April 2015Flash FloodAbesville-Highway 176 in Abesville was flooded with a foot or two of flowing water.
September 2012HailAbesville-One inch sized hail reported at Abesville.
April 2011FloodAbesville-County official reported Bass Hollow Road was flooded.
May 2007Flash FloodAbesville-Excessive rainfall caused the John Hollow Creek to flood the intersection of Highway 176 and Highway 13. A section of Bass Hollow Road also experienced flash flooding.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindAbesville-A few trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts near the community of Abesville.
March 2017HailAbesville-no account filed
March 2017HailAbesville-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindAbesville-no account filed
April 2004HailAbesville-no account filed
April 2004HailAbesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stone 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
Tauria2.7 miles12
Ponce de Leon2.7 miles12
White City3.1 miles12
Carico3.8 miles12
Oto4.6 miles12
Stutts5.3 miles12
Galena5.6 miles12
Bear Den Junction (historical)6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713127. 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.