Medill, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63445. The Survey maps it on the Medill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Kahoka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Medill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Medill quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Medill between 1997 and 2018, burning about 213 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 140216-02309-09292016-1231 |
| 8 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177750-02309-06082018-1347 |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177047-02309-05252018-2253 |
| 5 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 136591-02309-04052016-1527 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177050-02309-04302018-1931 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177051-02309-04302018-1532 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177054-02309-04272018-1800 |
| 26 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Medill: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Quarry | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Story Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Baker Quarry - #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brooks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medill in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medill | - | Recorded winds of 55 to 60 MPH in a gust. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medill | - | A tree was blown down onto a road. The time was based on radar data. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Medill | - | A NWS storm survey determined an EF1 tornado, with peak winds near 90 mph, tracked for 2.4 miles from southwest of Medill to just west of Kahoka. Damage to an outbuilding occurred, along with convergent damage to numerous large trees. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Medill | - | Law Enforcement reported that water was over old Business Route 136 just west of Kahoka. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Medill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Kahoka | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Union | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Clark City | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Luray | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Waterloo | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Eldorado | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Chambersburg | 6.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741057. 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.







