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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.

Hilda within Taney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

31 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony2

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
5 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230941-10603-09262020-1135
14 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230939-10603-09142020-1230
9 April 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism67 acresMark Twain National ForestTHE PILOTS
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism61 acresMark Twain National ForestHOOT OWL HOLLER
6 April 2011Arson/incendiarism72 acresMark Twain National ForestCOWSHED SETS
5 April 1995Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taney County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taney County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2020FloodHilda$10,000One person was rescued safely after a vehicle was swept off a low water crossing on Cross Timbers Road at Cane Creek.
March 2017Flash FloodHilda-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.

Every storm recorded in Taney 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
Kissee Mills3.8 miles14
Dickens5.6 miles14
Cedarcreek5.9 miles11
Taneyville6.0 miles14
Mildred6.5 miles14
McFarland (historical)6.5 miles14
Hercules6.5 miles11
Fairview6.8 miles11

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.