Asherville, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Duck Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63960. The Survey maps it on the Puxico quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Puxico quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Asherville between 2013 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Mingo National Wildlife Refuge | PIERMAN |
| 11 December 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179580-10399-12112019-1440 |
| 20 November 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179508-10399-11202019-1300 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Asherville: 22 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hodges Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Spring Bank | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Asherville in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF3) | Asherville | 1 killed, $150,000 | Over 50 structures were damaged, almost half of which were completely destroyed. Most of the structures were mobile homes, barns, and outbuildings. Houses sustained mainly minor damage, but one site-built home was seriously damaged and another was destroyed. Peak winds were estimated near 140 mph. The average path width was 550 yards. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Asherville | - | Flooding occurred at the intersection of WW and County Rd 420. Radar estimated rainfall amounts during the early morning hours were 1.25-2 inches in the area. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Asherville | - | Hwy T near Puxico was closed from Hwy 51 to Hwy J due to flooding as 1-2 inches of additional rainfall fell during the evening bringing the total for the day to a radar estimated 3.5-5 inches. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Asherville | - | Water was over WW Highway and J Highway north of Dudley. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Asherville | - | A prolonged period of moderate rain with pockets of heavy rain caused fairly widespread flooding of creeks, ditches, and roads. Numerous roads were under water. High water signs were posted. County Road 295 was inaccessible from T Highway due to flooding. The culvert diverting a creek under T Highway backed up with debris from last winter's ice storm. The result was over a foot of water in some yards. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Asherville | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 MPH. The gust was estimated by a trained spotter. |
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 713433. 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.






