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Putnam County, Missouri

40 topographic sheets cover 30 settlements here, and 1 property is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

1 National Register listing published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Missouri within the United States
Putnam County within Missouri

What the record shows

  • 286 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 1 property here is on the National Register of Historic Places, listed as a district.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 30 populated places in this county; 30 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

1

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Unionville Square Historic Districtdistrict200202000793

Wildfire, 1992 to 2019

16 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 16 of them, burning about 269 acres. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 March 1997Smoking60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2014Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 March 2002Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 March 2002Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 March 2014Debris and open burning27 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 March 1992Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 1992Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 1992Arson/incendiarism12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2025

60 of 161 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 161 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 2 injuries and about $585,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail76
Thunderstorm Wind53
Flash Flood22
Tornado8
Heavy Rain1
Flood1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMartinstown2 hurt, $50,000Mobile home destroyed with two injuries. Reported by law enforcement.
April 1973Tornado (F4)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindUnionville$200,000$200,000 in wind damage reported by FEMA from the North Central Missouri Electric Cooperative.
November 1958Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F1)Lucerne$20,000Two residences reported damage in Putnam county. First home along EE Highway just south of US-136 lost a garage and had cars overturned. Second residence damaged along 220th Road at US-136 on the crest of a hill, lost a garage, with minor damage to the house and trees.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindUnionville$10,000Damaged reported to some buildings.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindUnionville$8,000Roof blown off a 4H building.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindPowersville$5,000There were a few tree limbs of unknown size and conditions and a few powerlines down in Powersville.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindLucerne$5,000Roof blown off small building.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLucerne$5,000Law enforcement reported power poles snapped off on highway K.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindUnionville$3,000Trees and power lines were reported down. Portion of a roof was blown onto 17th and Main Streets. Winds were estimated to 70 mph.
January 1967Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F0)Unionville$1,000Brief tornado touchdown with minor damage to a barn.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindUnionville$1,000Law enforcement reported windows blown out of a residence.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindUnionville-Social media photo of a large tree downed south of Unionville.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindQuinn-Downed tree limbs at a residence. Time and location estimated based on social media report and radar.
August 2024HailLivonia-Half dollar size hail was reported near Livonia.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindUnionville-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Unionville with tree limbs downed and damage to a house.
June 2024HailChariton-Report of baseball sized hail northwest of Livonia near Agave Trail and County Road N.
June 2024HailLivonia-Tennis ball sized hail was reported northwest of Glenwood.
June 2024HailChapel-Missouri Department of Conservation reports tennis ball sized hail at Rebel's Cove Conservation Area. Hail smashed the windshield of a vehicle.
June 2024HailChapel-Golf ball sized hail was reported just south of the Iowa border.
June 2024HailLivonia-Tennis ball sized hail was reported northwest of Glenwood.
May 2024HailLemons-Quarter sized hail reported in Lemons.
March 2023HailLucerne-A supercell produced 1.5 hail northeast of Lucerne in western Putnam County.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindHartford-A tree of unknown size and condition was knocked over.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindUnionville-Large tree branches downed across Unionville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPowersville-Estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph in Powersville. A few large tree branches were downed.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindUnionville-Several powerlines were down. There was roof damage and a roof was taken off a machine shed at HWY 129 and 190th Street in Unionville.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindUnionville-Emergency management reported powerlines down, along with other debris along Highway 5 near Lake Thunderhead.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindHowland-Four hog barns were destroyed, killing all of the hogs inside. There were reports of 75 to 80 mph wind in Unionville about the same time as the report of the destroyed buildings.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindLucerne-Widespread 70 to 80 mph winds were reported across Putnam County. Near Lucerne a state trooper vehicle was pushed off the road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindUnionville-Several trees and power lines were down in Unionville.
May 2019Flash FloodWest Liberty-After several hours of heavy rain several roads were washed out in and around Unionville. Some vehicles were washed into a creek in Unionville. Damage estimates are unknown.
May 2019Flash FloodUnionville-After several hours of rain several roads and bridges were washed out. One such bridge was along HWY 192 north of HWY 136. Damage estimates are unknown.
May 2019Flash FloodEsper-After several hours of heavy rain, significant flooding occurred in Putnam County, including a bridge being washed out on Road YY, just north of HWY 136. Damage estimates are unknown.
May 2019Flash FloodWest Liberty-After several hours of heavy rain several roads were washed out including HWY H near 190th Street. Damage estimates are unknown.
May 2019Flash FloodQuinn-After several hours of heavy rain several roads were washed out in Putnam County. One such road was HWY HH where a bridge was damaged or washed out. Damage estimates are unknown.
May 2019Flash FloodChapel-After several hours of heavy rain Redwood Trail north of Livonia was washed out. Damage estimates are unknown.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindUnionville-A Missouri Mesonet station near Unionville recorded a 79 mph wind gust with thunderstorms moving through the area.
April 2017FloodMendota-State Route 129 was closed due to flooding by nearby creeks.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindUnionville-Unionville dispatch relayed reports of 70 mph winds near Unionville.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindLucerne-A 60 mph wind was estimated by Fire Department in Lucerne.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Midway-Video of a brief but very tall landspout was sent to the NWS via social media. The landspout caused no damage and only lasted a minute.
June 2015Flash FloodGlendale-High water shut down numerous roads in Worthington and Livonia.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindUnionville-There was a 10 inch tree limb down in the city of Unionville. Power was out in the town.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindUnionville-A tree was down on a house and multiple car ports were destroyed in Unionville from severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLemons-A tree was uprooted.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLivonia-A 60 mph wind gust was reported by the public.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindLemons-A large hog barn was blown apart and 6 to 12 inch diameter trees down.
June 2014HailWest Liberty-Relayed by emergency management.
June 2014Flash FloodUnionville-Roads flooded in the town. Water was up to the back door of some homes.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHowland-Six to ten inch tree limbs were reported down, at the intersection of Highway 129 and Highway CC.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLake Thunderbird-Patio furniture was blown off a deck, with thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph.
July 2010Flash FloodUnionville-State Highway Y was closed due to flooding along Blackbird Creek.
July 2010Flash FloodPowersville-State Highway M was closed due to flooding along Medicine Creek.
July 2010Flash FloodMendota-State Highway 129 along Shoal Creek, was closed due to flooding.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLivonia-Large trees were reported down in Livonia. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
May 2009Flash FloodMendota-State Route 129 was closed due to flooding.
May 2009Flash FloodMendota-State Route 129 was closed near Mendota.

Mines and quarries

42 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 42 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 41 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken41
Sand and Gravel, Construction1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Partin + Howard Const Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Partin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Partin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Partin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
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Every populated place in the county

30

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Putnam County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.