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Nashua, Missouri

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Platte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64155. The Survey maps it on the Nashua quadrangle.

Nashua within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 38 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

16 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Nashua between 2006 and 2008, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 June 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 June 2006Smoking1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Nashua: 8 past producers. None of them 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
Drennon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashua in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
February 2012Thunderstorm WindNashua$10,000A roof was blown off and a wall pushed in on a building,that was under construction. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNashua-Downed tree limbs and wires near Walnut Street.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindNashua-Downed tree limbs and wires near Prospect Avenue.
May 2024HailNashua-Quarter sized hail was reported south of Smithville Lake.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNashua-A tree was reported down just east of Smithville. It is unknown what kind of tree, or how big it was.
September 2019HailNashua-Reported from MPing.
August 2017FloodNashua-Water was over the road at Shoal Creek Parkway and N Oak due to a culvert not being able to handle all the water.
August 2017FloodNashua-Several area small creeks were out of their banks, but posed minimal threat to residences.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNashua-A tree of unknown size and condition was snapped near Farrelview.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNashua-A trained spotter reported a 65 mph wind.
June 2022HailNashua-no account filed
September 2019HailNashua-no account filed
April 2016HailNashua-no account filed
March 2009HailNashua-no account filed
April 2006HailNashua-no account filed
May 1999HailNashua-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Gashland3.7 miles40
Barry3.9 miles40
Thomas Heights4.7 miles40
Acme5.2 miles40
Winner5.2 miles23
Linden5.5 miles40
Smithville6.0 miles37
Oakview6.4 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 723123. 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.