Isadora, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64456. The Survey maps it on the Sheridan quadrangle. It stands 974 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1940 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mount Ayr quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Isadora between 1992 and 2016, burning about 704 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Isadora: 2 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
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Isadora in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 4 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Flood | Isadora | - | State Highway A was closed due to high water. State Highway T was also closed due to high water. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Isadora | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Isadora | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Isadora | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Isadora | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iona City (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sheridan | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Grant City | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Irena | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Oxford | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Waller | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Worth | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Prohibition City | 9.3 miles | 12 |
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 Isadora | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6078359 | The 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 730122. 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.






