Brownfield, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Gasconade Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65556. The Survey maps it on the Brownfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Drynob quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Drynob quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Brownfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,647 acres in total. None started naturally. 72 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PERSISTANT |
| 20 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SOUTH |
| 20 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BALE |
| 20 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | NORTH |
| 15 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | FALCON |
| 15 June 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownfield in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2007: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownfield | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees near the community of Brownfield. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Brownfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Brownfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Brownfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Ford | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Falcon | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Winnipeg | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Casey Ford | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Drynob | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Nebo | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Abo | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Harrill Ford | 7.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749047. 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.
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.







