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Hugo, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Kiheka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65052. It stands on Watered Hollow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Decaturville quadrangle.

Hugo within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Hugo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,226 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
28 August 2000Debris and open burning47 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261562-01502-08262020-1210
11 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261587-01508-07112020-1115
30 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177891-01502-06302018-0825
30 June 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177887-01502-05062018-1038
4 May 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179777-01502-05252019-1352

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hugo: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Lead, Iron. 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
Cullen BankIronPast Producer
Parson DiggingsBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Genesee ShaftBarium-BaritePast Producer
Parish LeaseLeadProspect
Shipman LandBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Carters Ozark S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nelson Owen Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden County

Storms near this place

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hugo in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 2000Thunderstorm WindHugo$5,000no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHugo$2,000The door of a well-built barn was blown in. The time was based on radar. The report was received via social media.
May 2024HailHugo-Report of golf ball size hail.
August 2013Flash FloodHugo-Route A, near Thousand Acres Road was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Camden 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
Montreal4.0 miles13
Linn Creek4.1 miles22
Camdenton4.6 miles22
Freedom4.6 miles22
Hahatonka6.0 miles17
Decaturville6.4 miles13
Passover6.7 miles22
Old Linn Creek6.7 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HugoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27984207The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729753. 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.