BlockNeedmore, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65649. It stands on Price Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Bona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Needmore between 1992 and 2019, burning about 622 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177254-02902-07132018-1642 |
| 7 May 1997 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176599-02007-04192018-1525 |
| 18 April 2018 | Smoking | 7.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176758-02902-04182018-1602 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Needmore: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P M Edge Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Needmore in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | $15,000 | Numerous trees were uprooted as winds gusted to an estimated 60 mph. Damage was reported to the marina. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Needmore | - | This hail report was from an off duty Missouri Department of Conservation employee. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | - | Numerous large tree branches were broken at Stockton State Park. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | - | A few small tree limbs were blown down near the State Park Marina. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down several large limbs within Stockton State Park. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Needmore | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736074. 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.