Hale, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Hurricane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64643. The Survey maps it on the Hale quadrangle. 375 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHale fell from 419 to 375 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 419 | |
| 2020 | 375 | -44 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1924 USGS Hale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Hale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Hale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Hale quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,793 words on this townshipHistory of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hurricane Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hurricane Township - 2,793 words.
Fires near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hale between 2001 and 2002, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 March 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 December 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 December 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 January 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hale: 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S & G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hurrican Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hale in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hale | $200,000 | Extensive wind damage was reported just southwest of Hale. A 50-by-60 foot machine shed and a 60-by-120 foot Morton building were destroyed, and farm equipment inside was damaged. A two car garage was destroyed, and a modular home suffered roof damage. Large trees and limbs were downed, and one limb fell on the roof of a home, causing damage. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Hale | $500 | Large hail damaged approximately 90,000 acres of crops and pastures from just east of Hale southeastward to the Grand River. Reported by agricultural officials and a local newspaper. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hale | - | There were trees down on Route J, just west of Hale. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hale | - | Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 53 knots. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Hale | - | State Route J was closed at the bridge over Bridge Creek, due to flooding. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Hale | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Hale | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hale | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Hale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Creek | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Little Compton | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Grace | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Tina | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Asper | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bosworth | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Coloma | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Milford | 13.6 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 Hale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q956938 | 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 718988. 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.








