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Hofflins, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65453. The Survey maps it on the Leasburg quadrangle.

Hofflins within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Hofflins between 1992 and 2019, burning about 960 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
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
2 August 1999Arson/incendiarism33 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 June 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144711-02811-06222016-1339
26 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178544-02811-05262018-2115
8 April 1995Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2001Debris and open burning12 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 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Hofflins: 37 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Copper. 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
Copper Bank MineCopperPast Producer
Grady Brothers ProspectCopper, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Mullen MineSulfur-PyritePast Producer
J. Moore ProspectIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Brush Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hofflins in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 hail. 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 2025HailHofflins-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
Delhi2.3 miles18
Cuba3.2 miles19
Leasburg3.4 miles19
Amanda3.7 miles19
Indian Lake4.8 miles19
Coffeyton4.9 miles19
Avery (historical)5.1 miles19
Idlewild6.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750353. 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.