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Magnolia, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Chilhowee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64040. The Survey maps it on the Holden quadrangle.

Magnolia within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

In the county-history sources

5,184 words on this township

The History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Chilhowee Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

P. O. Centerview. Is the son of Arthur Cleland, who was a native of Ireland, and who emigrated to the United States, in the year 1817, and set¬ tled in the state of Delaware. The subject of this sketch was born-in Jefferson county, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1835, and was the oldest child in a family of seven children. He received his education from the common schools of Ohio. In the spring of 1866, Mr. Cleland moved to Missouri, settling in the southwestern part of Johnson county, where he has since resided.

Passage source: The History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Chilhowee Township.

Fires near this place

19 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia between 2003 and 2019, burning about 72 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 August 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178823-05130-04132019-1340
12 April 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176363-05130-03032018-1301
24 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Magnolia: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magnolia in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMagnolia-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 knots.
March 2015HailMagnolia-no account filed
July 2008HailMagnolia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Denton2.0 miles18
Old Chilhowee4.0 miles19
Chilhowee4.7 miles19
Medford5.0 miles14
Holden6.6 miles18
Quick City7.3 miles13
Centerview8.1 miles19
Rose Hill8.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 721752. 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.