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Mitchellville, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bethany Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64424. It stands on Fleenor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mitchellville quadrangle.

Mitchellville within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Mitchellville between 1997 and 2014, burning about 168 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
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
2 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 June 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 May 2011Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2002Debris and open burning80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Mitchellville: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sperry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sperry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

8 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mitchellville in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
May 2025HailMitchellville-Quarter sized hail on WSW side of Bethany.
May 2025HailMitchellville-Quarter sized hail in Bethany.
May 2019Flash FloodMitchellville-After several hours of heavy rain significant flooding near Bethany continued. Damage estimates are unknown.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindMitchellville-Tree branches were snapped at HWY 136 and 185th Avenue.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMitchellville-A storm chaser reported a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMitchellville-Several trees were down across Route 69, 2 to 3 miles south of Bethany.
May 2014HailMitchellville-no account filed
May 2014HailMitchellville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Wildwood2.0 miles16
Bridgeport3.9 miles16
Pleasant Ridge4.2 miles16
Bethany4.5 miles12
Matkins5.3 miles16
Blue Ridge7.3 miles13
New Hampton7.5 miles12
Gardner8.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738031. 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.