Coal Hill, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Box Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64744. The Survey maps it on the Tiffin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1937 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Coal Hill between 1992 and 2011, burning about 1,089 acres in total. None 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 burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 613 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 February 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 December 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 November 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Coal Hill: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capp's Shaft | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coal Hill in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2025 | Heavy Rain | Coal Hill | - | Storm total rainfall amount of 2.16 inches from May 23 through May 27. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | The Mesonet Station (RAWS), WKTM7 at Wah Kon Tah State Prairie measured a 50 knot wind gust. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebeck | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar Springs | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hackleman Corner | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| El Dorado Springs | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Willowville | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ivy | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Filley | 8.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740753. 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.









