Slagle, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in East Looney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65613. The Survey maps it on the Bolivar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Slagle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177176-08407-06162018-1205 |
| 4 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176809-08407-04282018-1102 |
| 28 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Slagle: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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 - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Flint | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Vilas Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wishart Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slagle in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 6 hail, 4 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slagle | $5,000 | A parked semi trailer was blown onto its side by high winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slagle | $2,000 | A power line pole was blown down. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Slagle | - | Highways 13, Y and U were all flooded and closed at and around Piper Creek. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Slagle | - | Water from Piper Creek was reported over the road at South 132 Road. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Slagle | - | Route Y, eastbound and westbound, was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slagle | - | Nickel size hail was also reported with the wind gusts. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Slagle | - | Hail fell at the Fairgrounds. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Slagle | - | Route Y was closed due to flooding between 156th and 160th Roads. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slagle | - | Several large limbs were blown down. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Slagle | - | Heavy thunderstorms combined with saturated soil conditions produced flooding over several roads north of Morrisville. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Slagle | - | A bridge along County Road 470 near its intersection with County Road 170 flooded. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Slagle | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Slagle | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Slagle | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Slagle | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Slagle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Vista | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Karlin | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Sunset | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Morrisville | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Wishart | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Van | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Brighton | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bolivar | 6.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726524. 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.






