Phelps City, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Templeton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64482. The Survey maps it on the Rock Port quadrangle. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1915 USGS Nemaha quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Nemaha quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Nemaha quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rock Port quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Phelps City between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,221 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230706-00310-08262020-1128 |
| 7 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230704-00310-04072020-1645 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230703-00310-03082020-1645 |
| 8 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230702-00310-03062020-1443 |
| 26 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Phelps City: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikkelson Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phelps City in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 5 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phelps City | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phelps City | - | Large tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Phelps City | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Phelps City | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Phelps City | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Phelps City | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phelps City | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Phelps City | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Phelps City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7181261 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724280. 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.







