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Union City, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65631. The Survey maps it on the Hurley quadrangle.

Union City within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Union City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 239 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2

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 April 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation261451-10402-04182020-1319
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261450-10402-03072020-1300
22 March 1994Debris and open burning11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Union City: 9 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Angus MineIronPast Producer
Arnt MineIronPast Producer
Smarts DiggingsIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronProspect

Every working recorded in Stone County

Storms near this place

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union City in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Union City$10,000A NWS storm survey determined that a brief, weak EF-0 tornado occurred in northern Stone County 3 miles NNE of Hurley near E Silver Lake Rd and K Highway. The path length was 0.41 miles and 100 yards wide. Maximum wind speeds of 80 mph caused trees to uproot and damage to a small barn.
January 2020Flash FloodUnion City$10,000Law enforcement reported a vehicle swept away at the Dry Crane Creek crossing. The occupants self rescued safely.
August 2015Flash FloodUnion City$10,000Cabin Road was washed out after heavy rainfall.
August 2022Flash FloodUnion City-Dry Crane Creek flooded 2-3 feet over Jasmine Road.
October 2011HailUnion City-The public reported hail between quarter and half dollar size which lasted about 5 to 10 minutes.
September 2010Flash FloodUnion City-Jasmine Road, east of Highway K, was reported impassable due to flooding.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindUnion City-Thunderstorm winds downed a four inch diameter tree across a county road.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindUnion City-Thunderstorm winds downed a four inch diamter tree across a county road.
March 2014HailUnion City-no account filed
April 2011HailUnion City-no account filed
March 2008HailUnion City-no account filed
May 2002HailUnion City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stone 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
School1.0 miles12
Possum Trot1.9 miles12
Browns Spring2.4 miles12
Hurley3.7 miles12
Jamesville5.2 miles12
Bradfield5.8 miles12
Quail6.4 miles12
Crane7.6 miles12

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 Union CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7217659The 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 728006. 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.