Hardeman, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Arrow Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65340. The Survey maps it on the Napton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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 Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1940 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Napton quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
6,926 words on this townshipHistory of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Arrow Rock Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Arrow Rock Township - 6,926 words.
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hardeman between 1993 and 2019, burning about 92 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179318-02729-04222019-1445 |
| 11 December 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177772-02729-01262018-0449 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hardeman: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arrow Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardeman in 1 storm report in 2014: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Hail | Hardeman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Rock | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Napton | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Saline City | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Wilton Springs | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Orearville | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Nelson | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Montague Hill | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Slater | 9.4 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 Hardeman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28054302 | 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 740904. 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.










