Hadsell, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Index Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64040. It stands on Crawford Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Lynne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS East Lynne quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
187 words on this townshipHistory of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Index Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Index Township - 187 words.
Fires near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hadsell between 2003 and 2016, burning about 108 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135857-05161-04132016-1316 |
| 7 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 120016-05161-03072015-1412 |
| 7 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 120014-05161-03072015-1322 |
| 10 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 120273-05161-03102015-1447 |
| 1 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134493-05161-03012016-0505 |
| 12 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 118495-05161-02122015-1459 |
| 11 February 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hadsell in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Hail | Hadsell | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported near Gunn City. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Hadsell | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Hadsell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunn City | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cause Prairie (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wingate | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Strasburg | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| East Lynne | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Oviet (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Baldwin Park | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 9.3 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565612 | 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 740896. 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.
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.








