Big Piney, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Piney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65550. The Survey maps it on the Big Piney quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1941 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Big Piney between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,608 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POCKET EDDIE |
| 3 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ROUND BALE |
| 23 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | DUKE 423 |
| 21 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | DIZZY 2 |
| 2 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 240 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POCKET EDDY |
| 18 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WILDCAT |
| 11 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RANGER |
| 1 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DIZZY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Big Piney: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ta 256 Quarry + Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ta 256 Pit + Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ta 256 S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Piney in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Big Piney | - | Walnut Road near the Big Piney River was flooded and impassable. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Big Piney | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Big Piney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Bridge | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Bloodland | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Palace | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cookville | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Annie (historical) | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Greenview | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hanna | 9.0 miles | 20 | |
| Gospel Ridge | 10.8 miles | 22 |
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 Big Piney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471712 | 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 748846. 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.









