Bible Grove, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Mount Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63531. It stands on Bridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bible Grove quadrangle.
On record in Bible Grove
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Bible Grove Consolidated District #5 Schoollisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1903 USGS Edina quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Bible Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Kirksville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bible Grove between 2002 and 2020, burning about 206 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190455-09822-09052019-0400 |
| 23 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 180 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230917-05205-10122020-1535 |
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 Bible Grove: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensburg Quarry - Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bible Grove in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bible Grove | $40,000 | Trees down |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bible Grove | $1,000 | telephone poles down at residence |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Bible Grove | - | Law Enforcement report that Route T near Bible Grove was washed out. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bible Grove | - | The Sheriff's Office reported that several trees were down on roadways in Bible Grove. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bible Grove | - | The hail was spiked. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bible Grove | - | Quarter size hail was reported along with a report of nearby creek out of its banks. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Bible Grove | - | Three roads was reported closed northeast of Bible Grove, including County D, County Road MM, and the Canal Bridge. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bible Grove | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down some 2 to 3 inch diameter tree branches about 5 miles south of Crawford, MO around 825 pm June 5. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Bible Grove | - | Hail the size of a quarter fell about 10 miles southwest of Memphis, MO around 630 pm on May 13. It lasted for 3 to 4 minutes. Time estimated. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bible Grove | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down some tree branches about 3 miles northeast of Bible Grove, MO around 715 pm June 23. The branches fell onto some power lines and caught on fire. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bible Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Energy | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Retreat | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Edinburg | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Middle Fabius | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Crawford | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sand Hill | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Memphis | 10.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 714123. 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.





