BlockMolino, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salt River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65265. The Survey maps it on the Molino quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1890 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1890 USGS Perry quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Florida quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Molino quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
20,316 words on this townshipHistory of Audrain County, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns and Villages; Together with ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Salt River Township covers old settlers, settlers in the township and city in 1844, salt river tigers, from the industrial world, mexico, first business men.
Read the chapter on Salt River Township - 20,316 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Molino in 1997, burning about 4 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Molino: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal, 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.
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Molino in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Molino | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs. Also, in Farber some shingles were blown off of the roof of a house on west side of town. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Molino | - | A small tornado formed near the intersection of County Road 377 and Highway T causing tree damage. The tornado moved northeast causing intermittent tree damage, with the most significant tree damage at the intersection of County Road 353 and 364. The tornado damaged a barn, a grain bin and some outbuildings southeast of Molino. The tornado dissipated near the South Fork of the Salt River northeast of Molino. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741079. 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.