Hadley, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Webb Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63957. It lies near South Fork Greenwood Valley. The Survey maps it on the Ellington SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 17 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.
- 1943 USGS Ellington quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Ellington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ellington SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Hadley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. None 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 burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177379-09010-08062018-1240 |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | TWIN POND ROAD |
| 8 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hadley: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Foster Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Armstrong Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Owner Unknown | Iron | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hadley in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Hadley | $250,000 | At approximately 10:20 PM a tornado began near Missouri Highway HH in the Clearwater Conservation Area to the northeast of Garwood, MO in Reynolds County where it caused tree damage and collapsed the roof of a shed. From there the tornado continued northeast and passed over Clearwater Lake where it destroyed multiple outbuildings on and near the water. Further northeast on County Road 468, the tornado damaged more trees before exiting into Wayne County. In Reynolds County the tornado was rated EF-2 with a path length of 9.99 miles and a maximum path width of 1525 yards. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hadley | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees on Highway 34 at the Reynolds-Wayne County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garwood | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Helvey (historical) | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Webb (historical) | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ruble | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Grady | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Oakley | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Riverside (historical) | 11.5 miles | 18 | |
| Chitwood | 12.5 miles | 18 |
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 Hadley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28006096 | 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 750186. 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.












