BlockHams Prairie, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2000. It stands in St. Aubert Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65251. It stands on Lake Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fulton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Chamois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hams Prairie between 1993 and 1999, burning about 8 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 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 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Hams Prairie: 50 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ben Cole Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Breid Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| E.F.Bush Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Harbison - Walker Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hams Prairie in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hams Prairie | - | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage across the central portions of Callaway County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down, including across Fulton and Calwood. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Hams Prairie | - | A second severe storm quickly followed on the heals of the previous storm and dumped another swath of large hail, mainly in Fulton. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hams Prairie | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a carport roof near the county fair grounds. Also, several large trees were blown down. Further to the northeast, part of a barn was damaged and power lines blown down on State Road UU. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hams Prairie | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees at the intersection of State Road AD and County Road 419. Also, several trees were blown down on the William Woods University campus. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750209. 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.