Brandsville, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Howell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65688. The Survey maps it on the Brandsville quadrangle. 127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrandsville fell from 161 to 127 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 161 | |
| 2020 | 127 | -34 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1943 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Thayer NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Brandsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Brandsville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 702 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 84 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Brandsville: 13 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Brian Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Dorshler and Tresch Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Edward Davis Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Fruitville Bank # 3 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Haight Tract | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| James L. Summers Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Johnson Property | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Little Clark Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Livingston Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Mack Thomas Prospect | Iron | Past Producer | 1938 |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brandsville in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | $40,000 | The Howell-Oregon electric cooperative reported that numerous power outages numbering in the hundreds occurred due to high winds. Several public weather stations in the area measured wind gusts 45 to 55 mph. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | $20,000 | A garage sustained moderate to major damage as winds collapsed a wall. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | $10,000 | A trailer was blown from southwest to northeast across a railroad tracks and VV Highway. Time was estimated. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | $10,000 | An abandoned trailer was blown into near by trees. A few trees were also blown down in the Brandsville area. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged roofs, broke windows and uprooted trees. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn roof 6 miles south of West Plains. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | - | A large tree was reported down across County Road 9370 near the intersection of Highway 63. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Brandsville | - | Half dollar size hail was reported at a local boutique store on State Highway ZZ. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | - | Numerous two to three inch tree limbs were blown down in Brandsville. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | - | A large oak tree was blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | - | Several trees were blown down around the area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | - | A few trees were reported down. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Brandsville | - | Highway AB was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Brandsville | - | A slow moving storm complex with training thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall across portions of Howell County. Reports from the public indicated that several low water roads and bridges southeast of West Plains were flooded. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Brandsville | - | The caller reported receiving near 6.50 inches of rainfall in approximately 2 hours. |
| November 2007 | Hail | Brandsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Brandsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandsville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brandsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocohontas Crossing | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fruitville | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Chapin | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cull | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Frankville | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Globe | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Carson (historical) | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mott (historical) | 8.0 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 Brandsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960772 | 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 735527. 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.







