Hilda, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65680. It lies near Johnson Bald. The Survey maps it on the Hilda quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1943 USGS Protem quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hilda quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Hilda quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Hilda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,068 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230941-10603-09262020-1135 |
| 14 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230939-10603-09142020-1230 |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 67 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | THE PILOTS |
| 8 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 61 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOOT OWL HOLLER |
| 6 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 72 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | COWSHED SETS |
| 5 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hilda: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hilda in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Flood | Hilda | $10,000 | One person was rescued safely after a vehicle was swept off a low water crossing on Cross Timbers Road at Cane Creek. |
| March 2017 | Flash Flood | Hilda | - | A water rescue was conducted along Cross Timbers Road at Cane Creek where three to four feet of water flooded a low water crossing. All occupants in the car were able to get out of the flood water. This rescue was located at the entrance to Hercules Glades Wilderness. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kissee Mills | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dickens | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cedarcreek | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Taneyville | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Mildred | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| McFarland (historical) | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hercules | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview | 6.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750324. 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.









