White Bear, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. It stands on Little Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1932 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Hannibal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Hannibal West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of White Bear between 1992 and 2020, burning about 192 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179720-06417-07252019-1010 |
| 21 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177480-06438-04242018-1353 |
| 20 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177319-06417-04202018-1619 |
| 8 March 2020 | Fireworks | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190315-06417-03082020-1635 |
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190478-06417-03072020-1155 |
| 7 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of White Bear: 13 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Geodes | Gemstone | Producer | 1967 | |
| Bleigh Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Poage Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Central Stone #7 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fullgrat Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marblehead Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Odell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Bear in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | White Bear | - | A brief tornado touched down to the northeast of Renseselaer very early in the morning on June 25th. The tornado first touched down along County Road 429. The tornado quickly pushed northeast, doing damage to a few sheds at the intersection of County Road 429 and Highway MM. One shed was completely destroyed and its roof was lifted into a nearby tree. The tornado spread northeast across Highway MM, before lifting just to the north of Highway MM. The tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 0.21 miles and a max path width of 50 yards. No injuries or deaths were reported. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | White Bear | - | Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding, especially in and around Palmyra and Hannibal. Several roads were flooded including the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and Ross Street in Palmyra. In Hannibal the intersection of Lindell Avenue and Patchen Street was flooded. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | White Bear | - | A tornado touched down west southwest of Hannibal, damaging several trees and a structure about a mile south of the Hannibal Regional Medical Center, just northeast of the intersection of Centerville Road and County Road 420. The tornado then moved northeast and caused its most intense damage, low end EF-1, at the intersection of Centerville Road and Shinn Lane. In this area several large trees were either uprooted or snapped off halfway up the trunk. The tornado moved northeast to Highway MM where it tore about a quarter of the tin roof off of a farm building and damaged some trees. The tornado dissipated as it crossed Highway MM. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Bear | - | Several large trees were blown down. A four foot diameter tree fell onto Paris Gravel Road west of Hannibal. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | White Bear | - | Three to four inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils in about a 40 minute time frame causing flash flooding. In the southern sections of Hannibal, water was 3 to 4 feet deep in the area of Irwin Street and Bowling Avenue as the nearby creek overflowed its banks. A couple of cars were destroyed in the flood and a couple of mobile homes had some water damage. |
| June 2011 | Hail | White Bear | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | White Bear | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withers Mill | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Uva | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Zion Community | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Oakwood | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Barkley | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lamb | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mungers | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hannibal | 5.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741355. 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.







