BlockHowland, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63565. The Survey maps it on the Mendota quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1939 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mendota quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Howland in 1999, 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Howland: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howland in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howland | - | Four hog barns were destroyed, killing all of the hogs inside. There were reports of 75 to 80 mph wind in Unionville about the same time as the report of the destroyed buildings. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howland | - | Six to ten inch tree limbs were reported down, at the intersection of Highway 129 and Highway CC. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Howland | - | Route 129 near the Iowa border was closed due to high water. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Howland | - | State Route Y was closed due to high water at Blackbird Creek. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird (historical) | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mendota | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Pearl City | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Unionville | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Esper | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rosewood | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hartford | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Omaha | 8.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740942. 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.