BlockHemple, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lafayette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64490. The Survey maps it on the Hemple quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1925 USGS Gower quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Hemple quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
13,954 words on this townshipThe History of Clinton County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Clinton County in the Late War, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Clinton County, Etc., Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lafayette Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lafayette Township - 13,954 words.
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hemple in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemple | - | Tree limbs and wires down east of Easton. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemple | - | Report of trees downed across Stewartsville. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemple | - | Two barns were destroyed, one of which was leveled with the other one having a wall blown out. This report was received via social media. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Hemple | - | A brief tornado occurred and did some damage to a pole barn near Hemple, Missouri. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Hemple | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Hemple | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719366. 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.
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.