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Hinch, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65441. It stands on Bessen River. The Survey maps it on the Onondaga Cave quadrangle.

Hinch within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Hinch between 1992 and 2017, burning about 671 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation141439-02810-09062016-1027
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128571-03627-09232015-1312
13 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation142412-03627-08102016-1412
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Hinch: 20 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Copper, Zinc. 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
Bleeding Hill Copper MinesLead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Harman MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Hinch Hill MineCopper, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Ransom's DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hobo MineIron, CopperPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Hinch's Lead DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Montres DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Rutledge's DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinch in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 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
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Hinch-A tornado touched down just south of Miller Lane, about half a mile west southwest of intersection with Highway N (4 miles southeast of Bourbon). As it tracked to the northeast it snapped off or blew down numerous trees and tree limbs. It lifted and dissipated around two tenths of a mile northeast of the intersection of Miller Lane and Highway N. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 0.72 miles and a max path width of 75 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
November 2024FloodHinch-Heavy rain caused water over Highways 19 and 8 on the east side of Steelville. A trooper also reported that the Meramec River was 4 feet over the road at Campbell Bridge on Highway N.
April 2016HailHinch-Mostly three quarter inch hail, but a few stones that were an inch in diameter.
March 2012HailHinch-no account filed
March 2012HailHinch-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Harrison Mills1.3 miles21
Vilander2.6 miles21
Scotia3.9 miles21
Butts4.6 miles21
Crossroads4.8 miles21
Service6.3 miles21
Avery (historical)6.8 miles19
Coffeyton7.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750337. 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.