BlockShannondale, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salisbury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65281. It stands on Shannondale Branch. The Survey maps it on the Forest Green quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Forest Green quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
138 words on this townshipHistorical, Pictorial and Biographical Record, of Chariton County, Missouri, published 1896 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Salisbury Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Salisbury Township - 138 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Shannondale between 2014 and 2018, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122171-02155-03162015-1202 |
| 11 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177065-02155-02162018-1054 |
| 28 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177064-02155-01282018-1136 |
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 Shannondale: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Sandstone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shannondale in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shannondale | - | Downed wires and power outages near Dalton Bottoms. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shannondale | - | The NWS co-op observer at the Salisbury water plant reported wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Shannondale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil City | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Forest Green | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rockford | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Salisbury | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cazzell | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Keytesville | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lewis Mill | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Aholt | 7.2 miles | 15 |
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 Shannondale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984459 | 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 735850. 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.