Huntington, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. The Survey maps it on the Rensselaer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Rensselaer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Huntington between 1994 and 2018, burning about 36 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 February 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 February 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177331-06438-02012018-1614 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Huntington: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freemores Lick | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Central Stone #1 Huntington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Central Stone Plant #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fessenden Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntington in 1 storm report in 2012: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Hail | Huntington | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheil | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rensselaer | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hassard | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Spalding | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hatch | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cincinnati | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hydesburg (historical) | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| The Landing | 7.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720024. 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.




