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Etterville, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65026. The Survey maps it on the Eugene quadrangle.

Etterville within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Etterville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,638 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning14
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
30 September 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 April 2018Natural760 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176513-80001-04152018-1530
1 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2018Arson/incendiarism727 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165988-80001-03072018-1200
7 March 2018Arson/incendiarism50 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165987-80001-03072018-1200
7 March 2018Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165976-80001-03072018-1200

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Etterville: 29 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bixby MineZinc, Lead, CopperProducer
Coulogue MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Hockney DiggingsCoal, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Wrights ProspectClayPast Producer
Blackburns DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Frank R. Milliken MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadProducer
Indiana Creek MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Sweetwater MineZinc, LeadProducer
Clay DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Hoff DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Etterville in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
April 2026HailEtterville$450,000Hail to the size of golf balls were reported by the public. Multiple reports of large hail were received.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEtterville$13,000Report of multiple trees down and damage to an outbuilding.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindEtterville$10,000A NWS storm survey revealed that a microburst with winds estimated around 90 miles per hour snapped several trees. One tree fell on a house damaging the chimney and breaking a window.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEtterville$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEtterville-Several large tree limbs were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Spring Garden2.8 miles19
Mount Pleasant2.8 miles23
Pleasant Mount2.8 miles19
Olean4.3 miles19
Eldon6.1 miles23
Aurora Springs6.8 miles23
Marys Home7.4 miles19
West Aurora7.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729480. 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.