BlockHester, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Round Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63454. It stands on Troublesome Creek. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hester between 1994 and 2020, burning about 54 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177478-06438-04222018-2113 |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190166-06426-03072020-1630 |
| 28 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179027-06426-03282019-0322 |
| 25 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hester: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hester in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hester | - | A Marion County ambulance at Highway 6 and Highway V in Maywood had to pull over due to estimated 70+ mph winds, zero visibility, and heavily leaning trees. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hester | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naomi | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Emerson | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Smileyville | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Little Union | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Taylor | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Benbow | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Philadelphia | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| North River | 8.6 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 Hester | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48852058 | 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 740926. 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.