BlockPrairie Hill, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Wayland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65281. The Survey maps it on the Prairie Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Prairie Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Prairie Hill between 2013 and 2017, burning about 15 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 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135114-02155-03052016-1232 |
| 1 January 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Storms near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prairie Hill in 12 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 8 flood, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Flood | Prairie Hill | - | State Route O was closed just west of Highway 129 due to flooding. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairie Hill | - | A member of the public reported 60 to 70 mph winds associated with a thunderstorm. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Prairie Hill | - | The Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested at 16.02 feet, or 1.02 feet above flood stage. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Prairie Hill | - | The Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested at 15.35 feet, or 0.35 feet above flood stage. |
| December 2008 | Flood | Prairie Hill | - | The Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested at 18.48 feet, or 3.48 feet above flood stage. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Prairie Hill | - | The Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested at 16.44 feet, or 1.44 feet above flood stage. |
| July 2008 | Flood | Prairie Hill | - | The Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested at a record 23.27 feet, or 8.27 feet above flood stage. Hundreds of acres of low lying farm land was inundated. |
| April 2007 | Flood | Prairie Hill | - | The Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested at 17.96 feet, or 2.96 feet above flood stage. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Prairie Hill | - | The Chariton River near Prairie Hill crested at 15.84 feet, or 0.84 feet above flood stage. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Prairie Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairie Hill | - | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Hail | Prairie Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamden | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bynumville | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Eccles | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Salisbury | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Musselfork | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Echo | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lagonda | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wien | 10.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724853. 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.
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.