BlockBassinger Corner, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63352. The Survey maps it on the Hutchison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1890 USGS Perry quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Perry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Hutchison quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,646 words on this townshipHistory of Audrain County, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns and Villages; Together with ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Prairie Township covers boundary, early settlers, voters of 1839, by an old stager, laddonia, its.
Read the chapter on Prairie Township - 4,646 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bassinger Corner: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farber Plant | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bassinger Corner in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassinger Corner | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a corrugated barn that was open on both ends, as well as uprooting a large tree and snapping off numerous tree limbs on a farmstead. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassinger Corner | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees across the eastern half of Audrain County. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Bassinger Corner | - | Land-spout moved west to east along a boundary. Caused minor damage to an outbuilding on the east side of County Road 489. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Bassinger Corner | - | Up to 6 inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including County Road 777, which was washed out. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Bassinger Corner | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including the intersection of U.S. Highway 54 and County Road 424 and Highway KK west of Laddonia. One car was washed off the road in this location. No one was injured in the incident. |
| September 2008 | Flood | Bassinger Corner | - | An additional two to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time as the remnants of Hurricane Ike moved through the region. Numerous roads remained flooded including Highway 15 north of Mexico. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Bassinger Corner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laddonia | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Farber | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Worcester | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rush Hill | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rices Corner | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Scotts Corner | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Vandalia | 8.5 miles | 17 | |
| Culiver | 8.7 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122545010 | The 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 740661. 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.
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.