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Hickory Hill, 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 Brazito quadrangle.

Hickory Hill 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

7 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Hill between 2005 and 2018, burning about 74 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/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 March 2018Arson/incendiarism38 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165986-80001-03072018-1200
7 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 February 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Hill: 44 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Jack MineBarium-Barite, ZincPast ProducerSurface
Unknown-LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hickory Hill in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2014: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2014HailHickory Hill-no account filed
March 2014HailHickory Hill-no account filed
April 2014HailHickory Hill-no account filed
September 2012HailHickory Hill-no account filed
March 2012HailHickory Hill-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHickory Hill-no account filed

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
Bass2.8 miles19
Scrivner3.9 miles19
Eugene4.0 miles19
Brazito4.3 miles19
Henley4.3 miles19
Decatur4.8 miles19
Payne Ford6.4 miles19
Millbrook6.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719479. 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.