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Hancock, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65459. The Survey maps it on the Hancock quadrangle.

Hancock within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Hancock between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,318 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 July 1997Smoking2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation136611-08519-05062016-1515
3 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation124310-08519-05032015-1256
12 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenance27 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning29 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning45 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hancock: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Hancock MineIronPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hancock in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2015Flash FloodHancock$2,000,000Route HH was closed due to flooding at Bell Creek. Nearly all low water crossings across the county were flooded. There were several rural and county roads that sustained damage from flooding. There were a few homes and businesses that had flood damage as well across the county. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHancock$15,000A large tree was snapped at the base and toppled onto a home and breaking windows. A tree was snapped several feet above the ground. One structure had some roof material removed.
March 2019HailHancock-The public reported accumulating nickle to quarter size hail. Only minor tree and leaf damage was reported.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHancock-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over several trees along Highway 133 between Crocker and Dixon.
April 2005HailHancock-no account filed
May 1997HailHancock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Helm1.5 miles17
Dixon4.7 miles20
Crocker5.1 miles14
Wheelers Mill5.4 miles17
Franks8.0 miles20
Riverside (historical)8.6 miles22
Mossy Resort (historical)8.7 miles22
Mazzaville Resort9.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729507. 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.