BlockRandles, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Welch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63740. The Survey maps it on the Whitewater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1934 USGS Advance quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Advance quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Randles in 1996, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Randles: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randles in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randles | $150,000 | Damaging winds, estimated near 70 MPH, affected southern parts of Cape Girardeau County. Near Randles, a mobile home was unroofed and numerous trees were down. In Cape Girardeau, the dome roof of an indoor municipal pool was shredded, and the roof of an armory was torn off. Numerous trees and power lines were down. At the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, automated equipment measured a gust to 62 MPH. A utility company reported 22,500 customers in the Cape Girardeau area lost power, some for up to 24 hours. A large portion of the utility company's roof was blown off, blocking the entrance to the building. Roofing from a newly remodeled apartment building was blown across a street. About two dozen trees were blown down on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. A few miles south of Jackson, a fire official witnessed a "gustnado" about 20 feet wide. A gustnado is a tornado-like vortex that forms along the leading edge of a thunderstorm gust front. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Randles | $20,000 | The tornado was chased by trained spotters. During a brief touchdown, large tree limbs were blown down. A window was blown out of a house. Trees and power lines were down. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randles | $5,000 | In the southwest corner of Cape Girardeau County, trees and power lines were down along County Road 274. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Randles | - | Dime to quarter-size hail fell in extreme southern Cape Girardeau County. The report of quarter-size hail was from Randles. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Randles | - | County officials reported 0.75-inch-diameter just south of Randles. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randles | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Randles | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Cliff | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Green Cox | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Delta | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Rum Branch | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Allenville | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Whitewater | 7.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725098. 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.