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Hilldale, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Moniteau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65279. The Survey maps it on the Hilldale quadrangle.

Hilldale within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hilldale in 2002, burning about 1 acre 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
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
12 April 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hilldale: 1 past producer. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hilldale in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 10 hail, 3 flood, 2 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHilldale-Downed wires near County Road 433 near Rocheport.
June 2020FloodHilldale-State Highway 124 was closed near Moniteau Creek due to flooding.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHilldale-Trees were reported down along HWY 124 near Fayette.
March 2008FloodHilldale-The Moniteau Creek near Fayette crested at 19.14 feet, or 3.14 feet above flood stage.
April 2008FloodHilldale-The Moniteau Creek near Fayette crested at 19.37 feet, or 3.37 feet above flood stage.
April 2013HailHilldale-no account filed
January 2012HailHilldale-no account filed
September 2012HailHilldale-no account filed
April 2010HailHilldale-no account filed
June 2008HailHilldale-no account filed
June 2008HailHilldale-no account filed
June 2008HailHilldale-no account filed
June 2008HailHilldale-no account filed
June 2008HailHilldale-no account filed
June 2008HailHilldale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Landmark (historical)4.2 miles15
Sebree4.7 miles16
Fayette8.6 miles16
Estill9.8 miles15
New Franklin9.9 miles15
Punkin Center9.9 miles16
Franklin10.8 miles17
Burton10.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740929. 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.