Mungers, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. It stands on Walkers Slough. The Survey maps it on the Quincy SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1925 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Quincy SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Quincy SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Mungers between 1992 and 2019, burning about 25 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 | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179720-06417-07252019-1010 |
| 5 May 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177318-06417-05052018-1413 |
| 12 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177477-06438-04122018-1740 |
| 30 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 December 1994 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179520-06438-10072019-1115 |
| 21 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177306-06417-01212018-1255 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Mungers: 12 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleigh Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fall Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gen Stewart S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Poage Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Central Stone #7 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stewart Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mungers in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mungers | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs around town. |
| June 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Mungers | - | A brief, narrow tornado touched down in a residential subdivision northwest of Hannibal, MO early Friday morning. The tornado first touched down along Rosewood Drive, where it ripped the siding off the westward facing wall of a residential home. The tornado then continued northeast towards Deer Ridge, completely destroying a couple of vinyl fences and breaking limbs off a large tree on the north side of Deer Ridge. The tornado quickly lifted as it pushed east towards Munger Lane. The tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 0.13 miles and a max path width of 25 yards. No injuries or deaths were reported. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mungers | - | Thunderstorm winds blew shingles off of a roof as well as a few boards off of a barn northwest of Hannibal. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Mungers | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Mungers | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamb | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Helton | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Zion Community | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Uva | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hannibal | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Huiskamp | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Oakwood | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Marion City (historical) | 4.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741087. 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.







