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Henley, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65040. The Survey maps it on the Saint Elizabeth quadrangle. It stands 587 feet above sea level.

Henley within Cole County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Henley between 2005 and 2011, burning about 12 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 August 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 March 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 March 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 February 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 December 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Henley: 40 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Iron. 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
Unknown-LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-IronIronPast Producer
Unknown-IronIronPast Producer
Central MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Fowler MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Hoff DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Mcmillan ShaftLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown-Lead and ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown-Lead and ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cole County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henley in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 1 lightning, 1 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
July 2008LightningHenley$10,000Lightning struck a barn in far southwestern Cole county. It burned to the ground in less than half an hour.
December 2015FloodHenley-Between 5 and 7 inches of rain fell across Cole County during a 2 day period. All of this rain caused the creeks and rivers to rise. The Moreau and Missouri Rivers went into major flood. About 10 structures were either damaged or destroyed from the river flooding.

Every storm recorded in Cole 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
Teal (historical)4.3 miles17
Hickory Hill4.3 miles19
Eugene4.4 miles19
Saint Thomas5.8 miles17
Bass6.0 miles19
Brazito7.1 miles19
Scrivner8.2 miles19
Osage Bluff8.5 miles17

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 HenleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10968709The 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 719380. 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.