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Anabel, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Round Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63431. The Survey maps it on the Clarence quadrangle. It stands 837 feet above sea level.

Anabel within Macon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

13 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Anabel between 2002 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 April 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 2014Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 March 2002Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190279-06134-03132020-1516
11 March 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176035-06134-03012018-1328
5 February 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macon County

Storms near this place

19 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anabel in 19 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 2003Tornado (F0)Anabel$1,000F0 tornado formed 1 mile north of Anabel and moved east into Shelby county. There was some minor damage to trees and power lines.
August 2024HailAnabel-Social media photo of at least ping pong ball size hail in rural Macon County east of Macon.
April 2023HailAnabel-Half dollar hail was reported just west of the Macon and Shelby County line.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindAnabel-An Emergency Manager reported a 65-70 mph wind gust near Anabel.
June 2017Flash FloodAnabel-A vehicle water rescue was performed on Business Highway 36 and US Highway 63 east of Macon. Multiple other roads in Macon were closed due to flooding.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAnabel-Numerous trees and tree limbs of unknown size and condition were down in the area.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindAnabel-Small hail was also reported.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindAnabel-The emergency manager reported roof damage and trees down near Anabel.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAnabel-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. Several trees were reported down, at the intersection of Highway's K and AA.
August 2009Flash FloodAnabel-State Route PP, near the Middle Fork Salt River, and State Route DD, near the Salt River, were reported closed due to flooding.
August 2018HailAnabel-no account filed
May 2014HailAnabel-no account filed
June 2010HailAnabel-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindAnabel-no account filed
June 2004HailAnabel-no account filed
August 2003HailAnabel-no account filed
August 2003HailAnabel-no account filed
March 2000HailAnabel-no account filed
March 2000HailAnabel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macon 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
Longville (historical)3.7 miles11
Ten Mile4.9 miles10
Kellogg6.7 miles10
Narrows Creek (historical)7.2 miles11
Macon7.4 miles11
Cox7.9 miles11
Redman8.3 miles10
Woodville8.7 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on AnabelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471770The 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 740624. 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.

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.