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Hoecker, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65075. It lies near Jones Island. The Survey maps it on the Saint Elizabeth quadrangle.

Hoecker within Miller 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

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hoecker between 2005 and 2011, burning about 10 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
6 March 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 March 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 February 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 December 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Hoecker: 27 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, 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
Unknown-S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fowler MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Mcmillan ShaftLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown-IronIronPast Producer
Unknown-IronIronPast Producer
Unknown-IronIronPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoecker in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flash 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
January 2008Flash FloodHoecker-Excessive rainfall caused several areas of Miller County to experience flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Marys Home3.9 miles19
Saint Elizabeth5.4 miles19
Capps6.4 miles19
Spring Garden7.9 miles19
Etterville9.8 miles19
Tuscumbia11.2 miles19
Saint Anthony12.2 miles19
Mount Pleasant12.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740934. 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.