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Nemo, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65668. It stands on Short Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hermitage quadrangle.

Nemo within Hickory County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Nemo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 452 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
23 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177579-04373-05232018-1000
5 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 1993Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178611-03015-04202019-1451
20 April 2018Debris and open burning28 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176612-03015-04202018-1338
2 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178595-03015-04152019-1833
8 March 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176188-03015-03082018-2042

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hickory County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Nemo: 14 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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
Silver Queen MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - Lead BariteLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peterson MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Tatum MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead BariteLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Nemo Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pittsburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hickory County

Storms near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nemo in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 flood, 4 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
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNemo$1,000,000A large boat dock about 64 feet wide and 250 feet long was ripped up and blown on to another dock nearby. About 40 boats were damaged with half of that number totaled. Time was estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNemo$60,000As many as 30 large trees and tree tops were reported down between the Pittsburg and Hermitage sides of Pomme De Terre State Park. One pickup truck was heavily damaged from a falling tree. Numerous canopies and popups suffered damage from high winds.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindNemo$5,000Two large trees were reported down and blocking Highway NN. A shed was also reported to have collapsed due to high winds.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindNemo$5,000Two large trees were uprooted and a shed suffered significant damage.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindNemo$5,000Emergency management reported roof damage to a trailer and significant damage to a shed.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindNemo$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several power lines in the Nemo area.
April 2025FloodNemo-State Highway D at Crane Creek was flooded and impassable.
June 2024HailNemo-Hail to the size of ping pong balls fell in Nemo.
May 2024HailNemo-Report of golf ball size hail.
May 2024HailNemo-Report of quarter size hail.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindNemo-Highway NN was blocked by a large tree.
April 2023HailNemo-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2022FloodNemo-Route D at Crane Creek was flooded and impassable.
March 2021Flash FloodNemo-Highway D south of Preston was closed at Crane Creek due to flooding.
March 2021FloodNemo-The low water crossing on Highway D at Crane Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2020FloodNemo-State Highway D was closed due to flooding at Crane Creek.
March 2020FloodNemo-Highway D, just south of Preston, was closed due to flooding on the low water crossing at Crane Creek.
January 2020Flash FloodNemo-State Highway D was closed south of Preston due to flooding.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNemo-Numerous trees of all sizes were down across the Park.
June 2020FloodNemo-Highway D at Crane Creek was closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall.
April 2019Flash FloodNemo-Heavy rainfall produced flooding on D Highway north of Nemo as Crane Creek overflowed its banks. Flooding continued into the very early hours of May 1st.
February 2019FloodNemo-Route D, northbound and southbound, was closed due to flooding.
October 2019FloodNemo-The low water crossing at Route D was flooded and closed for several hours.
March 2017HailNemo-Winds of 50 to 60 mph were estimated.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNemo-A tree was blown down on State Highway NN near Nemo.
May 2011FloodNemo-Route D was closed due to flooding.
May 2010Flash FloodNemo-Several low water crossings on County Road 220 near Preston were reported as flooded and impassable.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindNemo-Several large trees were knocked over near the Pomme De Terre Dam from thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2017HailNemo-no account filed
July 2016HailNemo-no account filed
July 2012HailNemo-no account filed
August 2011HailNemo-no account filed
April 2008HailNemo-no account filed
June 2008HailNemo-no account filed
October 1995HailNemo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hickory 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
Carsons Corner3.0 miles20
Pittsburg3.6 miles24
Preston5.3 miles17
Hermitage5.3 miles20
Galmey5.5 miles20
Wheatland8.8 miles20
Elkton8.9 miles25
Cross Timbers10.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 723170. 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.