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Bassville, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Jackson No. 1 Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65757. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bassville quadrangle.

Bassville within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Bassville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 471 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 August 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 July 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 June 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation124110-03906-05052015-0958
5 May 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation124111-03906-05052015-1336

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bassville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Bullwinkle MineLead, ZincPast Producer
UnknownLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

13 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bassville in 13 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBassville$250,000A large tree was on a home causing moderate roof and structural damage. Trees were also down a multiple (7) outbuildings causing minor to significant damage.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBassville$25,000Several large trees were reported down with one falling on a green house.
May 2024HailBassville$25,000Mping report of hail 3 inches in diameter.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBassville$20,000Several trees were reported down with one on a home causing minor roof damage.
June 2024HailBassville-Hail to the size of quarters fell southwest of Bassville.
June 2024HailBassville-Hail to the size of quarters fell southwest of Bassville.
February 2019HailBassville-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in a rural area between Fair Grove and Elkland. The report was relayed by media from the public.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBassville-A large tree at least 15 inches in diameter was down across Highway 125 blocking traffic.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBassville-Large tree limbs were blown down on Highway 125.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBassville-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few tree limbs near the community of Bassville.
March 2014HailBassville-no account filed
March 2014HailBassville-no account filed
June 2008HailBassville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Fair Grove2.9 miles20
Hickory Barren4.7 miles23
Strafford5.3 miles20
Fruitland6.2 miles20
Nogo6.6 miles23
Avalon Park7.0 miles20
Valley Water Mills8.2 miles23
Pleasant Valley8.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713720. 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.