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Withers Mill, 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. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal West quadrangle.

Withers Mill within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Withers Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
17 August 2020Other causesunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230745-06438-08172020-2035
25 July 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179720-06417-07252019-1010
21 June 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178954-06438-05072019-1824
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177480-06438-04242018-1353
20 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177319-06417-04202018-1619
8 March 2020Fireworks60 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190315-06417-03082020-1635
8 March 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Withers Mill: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Poage PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Central Stone #7 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marblehead Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
White Bear QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

7 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Withers Mill in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindWithers Mill$35,000Two sources reported estimated 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts west of Hannibal. Multiple instances of damage around Hannibal due to thunderstorm winds were reported, including the destruction of a trailer near Hannibal Regional Hospital.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWithers Mill-Thunderstorm winds downed two trees near the split of US 61 and US 24 at the intersection of Route F south of Palmyra. These trees blocked traffic at this intersection. Northeast of Palmyra, thunderstorm winds downed trees along Missouri 168 near Route JJ.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWithers Mill-At 7:28 pm CDT, ambulance drivers estimated 70 mph winds near the intersection of Highway 24 and Highway 61 just northwest of Hannibal. Six minutes later, permanent MoDOT signs were reported downed near the intersection of Highway 61 and County Road 421, just east of the initial report.
March 2023HailWithers Mill-Large hail up to baseball size fell over southern portions of Marion County. One house sustained siding and window damage.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWithers Mill-Thunderstorm winds broke off a large section of a tree.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWithers Mill-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines. Some trees were blown down at the intersection of County Road 426 and Highway MM. In Hannibal, numerous trees were blown down. Two large tree limbs landed on two unoccupied cars causing considerable damage to both.
June 2015HailWithers Mill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
White Bear1.6 miles17
Uva1.8 miles17
Barkley2.1 miles11
Mount Zion Community2.4 miles17
West Ely4.4 miles11
Oakwood4.9 miles17
Mungers5.0 miles18
Helton5.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729022. 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.