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Hooker, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Cullen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65457. It lies in Hooker Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Devils Elbow quadrangle.

Hooker within Pulaski County

On record in Hooker

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Hooker between 1992 and 2019, burning about 756 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning13
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
23 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPJ WF
30 July 2017Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresMark Twain National ForestWESTERN STAR
10 May 1995Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2019Arson/incendiarism307 acresMark Twain National ForestBIG PINEY
8 April 2000Arson/incendiarism86 acresMark Twain National ForestTHREE STEVE'S
5 April 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestSMITH HOLLOW
5 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hooker: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Devils Elbow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fred Gray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Howard Ready Mix Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

8 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooker in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2008Tornado (EF3)Hooker3 hurt, $1,000,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-3 tornado tracked across a rural section of northeast Pulaski County. A few homes and several outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado then tracked into northeast Phelps County.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHooker$15,000Several large chicken coops were rolled over and a barn had a portion of its roof removed.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindHooker$1,000Trees were reported down near the intersection of Highway 28 and Highway PP.
May 2024HailHooker-Report of half dollar size hail.
August 2023Flash FloodHooker-Cliff Road was flooded and impassable at Prewitt Creek near the Gasconade River.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHooker-A tree was blown down across Highway 28. Dime size hail was also reported.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindHooker-A tree was blown over the roadway blocking one lane of traffic on Highway 28 and Highway PP.
April 2007HailHooker-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Devils Elbow1.0 miles22
Munger Resort (historical)1.0 miles22
Piney End Resort1.5 miles20
Morgan Heights2.2 miles22
Riverside (historical)2.8 miles22
Mossy Resort (historical)3.3 miles22
Mazzaville Resort3.6 miles20
Three Island Resort4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750379. 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.