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Drexel, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Coldwater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64742. The Survey maps it on the Drexel quadrangle.

Drexel within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

4 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Drexel between 2002 and 2016, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 April 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeKANMO
25 February 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service0225-01
19 February 2016Debris and open burning10 acresKansas Forest Service34
27 January 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service0127-01

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Drexel: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Merwin Q. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drexel in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2017: 20 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDrexel$5,000Highway Patrol reported a mobile home park was hit with winds up to 70 mph. Five trailers were damaged.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDrexel$5,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindDrexel$3,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down large tree limbs in Drexel.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindDrexel-A large tree was split in half. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2009Flash FloodDrexel-State Route 18 was closed, due to water over the roadway.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDrexel-Large tree blown down.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Drexel-Tornado briefly moved from Miami county Kansas into open country in Cass county Missouri, and dissipated 2 miles northeast of Drexel. No damage or injuries reported.
April 2001HailDrexel-Law enforcement reported 70 mph wind gusts and 1 3/4 inch hail.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindDrexel-Law enforcement officials estimated winds at 60 mph.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindDrexel-An amateur radio operator reported 60 mph winds and power outages.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindDrexel-An amateur radio operator reported downed tree limbs 4 inches in diameter.
April 1998HailDrexel-The Drexel Fire Department reported golfball-size hail in Drexel during a severe thunderstorm.
May 2017HailDrexel-no account filed
February 2017HailDrexel-no account filed
May 2013HailDrexel-no account filed
July 2011HailDrexel-no account filed
June 2009HailDrexel-no account filed
June 2009HailDrexel-no account filed
April 2007HailDrexel-no account filed
February 2007HailDrexel-no account filed
February 2007Thunderstorm WindDrexel-no account filed
March 2006HailDrexel-no account filed
March 2006HailDrexel-no account filed
March 2006HailDrexel-no account filed
April 2005HailDrexel-no account filed
May 2004HailDrexel-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindDrexel-no account filed
August 2001HailDrexel-no account filed
May 2000HailDrexel-no account filed
May 2000HailDrexel-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindDrexel-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDrexel-no account filed
September 1996HailDrexel-no account filed
April 1995HailDrexel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Lisle4.9 miles19
Main City6.2 miles15
Everett9.8 miles14
West Line10.6 miles19
Freeman11.0 miles19
Lake Annette13.2 miles19
Archie13.5 miles16
Cleveland13.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729875. 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.