Arnica, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65674. The Survey maps it on the Arnica 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Arnica quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Arnica quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Arnica quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Arnica between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,284 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178470-02007-04062019-1740 |
| 5 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 182 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178647-02007-04162019-1655 |
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 Arnica: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arnica in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Arnica | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Arnica | - | Ping Pong ball sized hail was reported in a rural areas near Arnica. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Arnica | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported near the intersection of Highway J and County Road 900. |
| November 2010 | Heavy Rain | Arnica | - | A Public observer reported 3.9 inches of rainfall. No flooding was observed. |
| November 2010 | Flood | Arnica | - | Minor flooding was reported by Cedar County dispatch along Highway J at County Road 900 just north of Stockton. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arnica | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree across County Road 2025 near its intersection with Highway 32. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Arnica | - | Heavy thunderstorms caused flash flooding over a section of Country Road 2191 just north of Highway AA. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Arnica | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Arnica | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Arnica | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729838. 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.







