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Squires, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Walls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It lies near Coon Knob Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wasola quadrangle. It stands 1,345 feet above sea level.

Squires within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Squires between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,094 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 were 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
Arson/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 2019Debris and open burning5.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179174-03401-08122019-2052
6 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177291-03437-07062018-1345
14 July 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220571-03437-07142020-1340
23 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177165-03437-06232018-1633

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Squires: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ava QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Welton Sand and Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Able LandIronProspect
Albert Robison BankIronPast Producer
Mapes LandIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Squires in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 20 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2010LightningSquires$30,000Lightning struck a car repair shop which caught fire and burned to the ground.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSquires$15,000High winds from a strong to severe storm caused damage to an old barn.
May 2018Tornado (EF1)Squires$10,000An EF-1 tornado briefly touched down with maximum wind speeds up to 90 mph and a path width of 75 yards. A roof was blown off a new cattle feeder, lots of limbs down, trees uprooted and snapped. One outbuilding destroyed.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSquires$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees east of Ava and near Squires. One tree fell on a telephone pole.
November 2024Thunderstorm WindSquires$5,000Report of large trees sixteen inches in diameter down.
April 2004HailSquires$3,000Large hail severely damaged a pickup truck.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSquires$2,000Several tree limbs and a tree was downed in the Squires area on JJ Highway.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSquires$1,000A large tree fell on to power lines near State Highway 14 and Highway VV.
November 2024Heavy RainSquires-The Co-Op observer station WASM7 located 5 miles north of Wasola measured a 2-day rainfall total of 11.59 inches.
April 2023HailSquires-Quarter sized hail was reported.
September 2023HailSquires-Up to dime sized hail was reported.
October 2019Heavy RainSquires-The Mesonet station FW3261 at Squires reported 3.88 inches of rainfall.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindSquires-Several trees and limbs were reported down in the Squires area and south toward the Ozark County line.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSquires-There were small tree limbs blown down and pea size hail reported.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSquires-Trained spotter estimated up to 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSquires-Large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2012Heavy RainSquires-A storm total rainfall of 2.50 inches was measured.
October 2009Heavy RainSquires-A total rainfall amount of 3.55 inches was measured.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindSquires-A few trees and powerlines were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2018HailSquires-no account filed
May 2018HailSquires-no account filed
May 2018HailSquires-no account filed
May 2018HailSquires-no account filed
May 2018HailSquires-no account filed
July 2015HailSquires-no account filed
June 2013HailSquires-no account filed
August 2013HailSquires-no account filed
May 2011HailSquires-no account filed
March 2010HailSquires-no account filed
March 2008HailSquires-no account filed
May 2008HailSquires-no account filed
March 2006HailSquires-no account filed
May 2006HailSquires-no account filed
April 2002HailSquires-no account filed
August 2002Tornado (F0)Squires-no account filed
May 1998HailSquires-no account filed
May 1996HailSquires-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Girdner2.0 miles14
Silverton3.9 miles14
Hest4.3 miles13
Smallett4.7 miles14
Hilo (historical)5.6 miles14
Larissa6.1 miles13
Sweden6.8 miles13
Ava7.2 miles13

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 SquiresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q282037The 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 752331. 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.