Hammond, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Thornfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65762. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thornfield quadrangle. It stands 745 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1936 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1945 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Hammond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,866 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HIGHWAY 160 |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 86 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BARREN |
| 9 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.6 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GOGAN |
| 6 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.2 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SECTION 19 |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BUZZARD |
| 30 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | UPSLOPE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammond in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 flood, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Lightning | Hammond | $1,000 | Lightning knocked out power at Highway D and County Road 863. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Hammond | - | The Mesonet station 9621D located 2 miles south-southeast of Thornfield measured a 12-hour rainfall total of 4.80 inches. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | Several large limbs and trees were blown down. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Hammond | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Hammond | - | Nickle sized hail was reported by a trained Spotter. |
| February 2013 | Flood | Hammond | - | Local law enforcement conducted a water rescue at Haskins Ford Road off of County Road 863. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Hammond | - | This flooding is a continution of the flash flooding. Widespread flooding continued for several days after the rain ended. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornfield | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Nottinghill | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pondfork | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dillia | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Longrun | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Summit City | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Foil | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Grabeel (historical) | 5.9 miles | 13 |
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 Hammond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q386886 | 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 750206. 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.











