Stahl, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Morrow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63544. It stands on Jobs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stahl quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1912 USGS Green City quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Green City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Green City SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Stahl quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Kirksville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Stahl between 1992 and 2019, burning about 148 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 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179290-00000-03262019-1420 |
| 30 January 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 January 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stahl: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Storms near this place
8 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stahl in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stahl | - | A trained spotter reported 70 mph wind along with quarter sized hail. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stahl | - | Several branches were down in Adair County near Green City. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Stahl | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Stahl | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Stahl | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Stahl | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Stahl | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Stahl | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shibleys Point | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Green Grove | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Danforth | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Connelsville | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Nineveh | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mines | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Novinger | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Fegley | 7.4 miles | 10 |
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 Stahl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18392763 | 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 741280. 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.







