Emden, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in North River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63439. It stands on Moreland Branch. The Survey maps it on the Emden quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Emden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Emden between 2018 and 2020, burning about 15 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220625-06426-08162020-1610 |
| 23 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179003-06426-03232019-1415 |
| 15 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176749-10243-02152018-1145 |
| 17 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230889-06426-10172020-1405 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Emden: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Laughlin Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| O'Lauglin Quarry - Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emden in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Emden | - | A weak tornado touched down south side of Emden and moved northeast destroying several outbuildings, uprooting large trees and damaging a church. The tornado continued northeast causing minor tree damage and structural damage to a property one mile northeast of town before dissipating. The tornado was rated EF-0 with a path length of 0.85 miles and a max path width of 75 yards. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Emden | - | A local radio station reported nickel size hail in Emden. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Emden | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Emden | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Emden | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Emden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Burksville | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kendall | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sigsbee | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hunnewell | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shelbyville | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lakenan | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mamre | 10.1 miles | 9 |
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 Emden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471617 | 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 735600. 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.




