BlockHandley, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65632. The Survey maps it on the Long Lane quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1939 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Handley between 1994 and 2016, burning about 571 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 259 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | TURKEY BAIT FIRE |
| 24 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134754-05300-03172016-1805 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Handley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabrielle Diggings | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Handley in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Handley | $10,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a barn. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Handley | $2,000 | A large tree was blown onto a power line. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Handley | - | Route B at Jones Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Handley | - | A cold air funnel was reported 5 miles east of Charity. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Handley | - | Nickel to quarter size hail covered the ground. |
| January 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Handley | - | This tornado is an extension of the Webster County tornado. A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado tracked into southern Dallas County. Only trees were damaged from this tornado. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Handley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limekiln Ford (historical) | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Grove | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Earnestville | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Brittain | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Thorpe | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Charity | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hico (historical) | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Gaunt Ford (historical) | 5.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719054. 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.