Beach, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65632. The Survey maps it on the Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Niangua quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Niangua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Beach between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,036 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 137199-11203-03042016-1315 |
| 28 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 137210-11203-03282016-1559 |
| 23 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 505 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 137207-11203-03222016-1045 |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 254 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | LEADMINE NORTH |
| 17 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beach: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webster County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beach in 20 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 8 flash flood, 5 flood, 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Beach | $50,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in rural northwest Webster County and tracked into southern Dallas County. The tornado damaged one home and several outbuildings. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | $25,000 | A portion of a garage roof was peeled off and landed on a parked truck. Several trees were reported down or damaged. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | $15,000 | The roof of a barn was peeled off and some large branches were downed. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Beach | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | Route W at Givens Branch was flooded and impassable. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Beach | - | State Highways W and EE at Givens Branch from Glad to Redbird Roads were flooded and impassable. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | State Highway W was closed due to flooding along Givins Branch. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Beach | - | Highway W at Givins Branch was flooded and impassable. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Beach | - | Shady Grove Road was flooded and impassable at a low water area. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Beach | - | State Highway W at the Givins Branch low water crossing was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Beach | - | The low water crossing on Highway W at Givins Branch was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | Highway W was flooded and impassable north of Highway EE and at Hawk Pond Branch. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | State Highway W was flooded and impassable at Givens Branch. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | State Highway W was closed at Givins Branch Creek due to flooding. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Beach | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| March 2019 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | Flooding closed the roadway on Route W, south of Route EE at the low water crossing over Givins Branch. |
| March 2013 | Heavy Rain | Beach | - | Low water crossings at Givens Branch off of Highway E and Highway EE and Highway W had water over the road. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | One to two feet of water was flowing over Highway W. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | State Route W was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Beach | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dermott | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Elkland | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Forkners Hill | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Conklin | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Sampson | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Niangua Junction | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Way | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Marshfield | 7.0 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28120787 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735502. 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.






