Pape, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Speedwell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64744. It stands on Little Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tiffin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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
- 1937 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tiffin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Pape between 1999 and 2011, burning about 623 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 613 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pape: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capp's Shaft | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pape in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pape | $80,000 | Power lines and poles were reported down causing power outages. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Pape | - | Hail to the size of ping pong balls was reported. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Pape | - | Excessive rainfall caused widespread flooding across low lying county roads and numerous low water crossings. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Pape | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Pape | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffin | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Taberville | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Oyer | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| New Oyer | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Ebb (historical) | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Donia | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Story (historical) | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Crooks Springs | 6.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 757202. 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.









