Aquilla, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Castor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63825. It stands on Link Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1934 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Aquilla between 1995 and 2018, burning about 122 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177352-10393-07142018-1340 |
| 5 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 122 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Aquilla: 31 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Mine #1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Clay Pit and Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aquilla in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Hail | Aquilla | - | Hail covered the ground in Aquilla. The biggest hailstones were estimated to be the size of quarters. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Aquilla | - | Flooding of the upper Castor River closed Highway BB just north of Highway M. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Aquilla | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Shawnee Village (historical) | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Zeta (historical) | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Zadock | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Avert | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Toppertown | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bloomfield | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ardeola | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Shady Dell | 5.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713363. 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.






