Hassard, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63456. The Survey maps it on the Monroe City quadrangle.

Hassard within Ralls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Monroe City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hassard between 1994 and 1997, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
18 February 1994	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
30 October 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ralls County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hassard: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown	Clay	Past Producer
Central Stone #1 Huntington Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Central Stone Plant #1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Fessenden Lime Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ralls County

Storms near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hassard in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 3 tornado, 2 hail, 2 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
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hassard	-	Two grain bins, located on Highway J just north of Hazard Lane, in far northwestern Ralls County, sustained minor damage. The grain elevator sustained minor damage as well. There was minor tree limb damage that extended for about a mile south of the grain bins.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hassard	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs along Highway J and Highway A.
June 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Hassard	-	A tornado touched down on Hereford Lane, about 3 miles southeast of Monroe City in northwestern Ralls County. It travelled to the southeast blowing down numerous trees. Several large trees were snapped half way up the trunk or uprooted within a defined relatively narrow path. Most of the trees were between 50 and 60 feet tall with trunk diameters varying between 2 and 3 feet wide. Also, a barn sustained moderate damage with part of its roof blown off. The tornado lifted and dissipated on Demoss Road. The total path length was six tenths of a mile with a max width of 70 yards. The tornado was rated an EF0.
March 2006	Tornado (F0)	Hassard	-	A tornado briefly touched down in an open field, traveled over a small pond picking up some water. Then it damaged a farm outbuilding before lifting and dissipating. No injuries were reported.
May 2003	Tornado (F0)	Hassard	-	The second tornado spawned by the Monroe County supercell crossed the extreme northwest corner of Ralls County at the Monroe/Marion/Ralls County border. The tornado moved across open farmland and did little damage other than to some trees.
December 2015	Hail	Hassard	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Hassard	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ralls 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Huntington	3.2 miles	11
Sheil	3.6 miles	11
Hatch	5.2 miles	12
Rensselaer	6.2 miles	11
The Landing	6.4 miles	12
Cincinnati	7.3 miles	12
Spalding	7.5 miles	12
Joanna	8.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740910. 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.