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Marceline, Missouri

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Marceline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64658. The Survey maps it on the Marceline quadrangle.

Marceline within Linn County

On record in Marceline

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Marceline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
13 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190260-05835-07132019-0015
12 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220560-05810-07122020-1430
24 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177092-05835-04242018-1419
19 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177097-05835-04192018-1706
23 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176388-05835-03232018-2000
12 March 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176385-05835-03102018-1428
2 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176351-05835-02022018-2350

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn 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 Marceline: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Marceline Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Urbach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn County

Storms near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marceline in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 11 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMarceline$1,000Numerous trees were reported down with one building damaged. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Large tree branches were downed in Marceline.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Estimated 60 mph winds in Marceline.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Tree limbs were down and power outages were reported in Marceline.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Some 60 mph winds were estimated near Marceline.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Several large tree limbs and a few trees were down across portions of Linn County near Marceline.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Multiple tree branches of a maple tree ranging from 5 to 12 inches in diameter were broken.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Several power lines and tree limbs were down near Marceline due to strong winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Public reported a 70 mph wind gust near Marceline, Missouri.
June 2008FloodMarceline-Route WW in Marceline was closed due to water over the road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMarceline-A tree twenty three inches in diameter was blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Six inch diameter tree limbs snapped off.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMarceline-10 inch tree limb downed.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMarceline-Storm spotters estimated wind gusts at 70-75 mph.
March 2017HailMarceline-no account filed
June 2011HailMarceline-no account filed
June 2011HailMarceline-no account filed
April 2006HailMarceline-no account filed
April 2006HailMarceline-no account filed
April 2006HailMarceline-no account filed
July 2006HailMarceline-no account filed
July 2006HailMarceline-no account filed
May 2003HailMarceline-no account filed
June 1999HailMarceline-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindMarceline-no account filed
May 1996HailMarceline-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Linn 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
Bucklin5.7 miles11
Saint Catharine6.3 miles11
Brookfield8.3 miles11
Snowdon (historical)11.5 miles11
Forker12.6 miles11
Laclede12.6 miles11
Johnstown13.3 miles11
Benson13.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 721859. 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.