Brush Creek, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Spring Hollow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65536. The Survey maps it on the Brush Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Lebanon SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Brush Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Brush Creek between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,036 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 267 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | JEWELL RD |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brush Creek in 18 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Brush Creek | $250,000 | Pictures of hail measured at 3 inches in diameter were received from the public. This hail fell in a mostly rural location though a few homes in the area received hail damage to roofs, outbuildings and equipment. A few vehicles suffered damage as well. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | $250,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed that up to 75 mph straight line winds produced a swath of damage beginning southwest of Lebanon near the intersection of Highway 32 and Macon Drive and continuing northeast into the eastern portions of Lebanon. Numerous trees were damaged, uprooted or snapped in a swath as wide as 400 yards in some locations. All trees were laying towards the northeast. A utility pole snapped and a transformer fell on a vehicle causing a car fire in the parking lot of the Elm Street Eatery. High winds and falling trees caused damage to several roofs on the south side of Lebanon. One large two foot diameter tree fell on a home causing moderate structural damage. The roof of the Ozark Hills Theater was peeled off and thrown 100 yards to the northeast. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Brush Creek | $100,000 | The roof of a trucking business near mile mark 123 along I-44 was damaged along with multiple trucks overturned in a parking lot. This tornado uprooted numerous trees and damaged several outbuildings across rural Laclede County. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | $50,000 | Significant roof damage occurred to the Barber Elementary School. This damage was associated with the first of two severe storms to strike the Lebanon area. |
| May 2008 | Lightning | Brush Creek | $30,000 | A house caught on fire as a result of a lightning strike. The house was heavily damaged from the fire. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | $25,000 | Numerous power poles down along and on Foxtail Road. Minor structural damage reported to a few outbuildings. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | $10,000 | Several power lines were reported down along Highway 64. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | $5,000 | Roof damage and structural damage to a home was reported near Highway 32. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | $2,000 | A telephone poll was knocked over from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | - | Several trees were blown down or snapped. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Brush Creek | - | Quarter size hail was reported near mile marker 123 on I-44. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Brush Creek | - | Golf ball size hail was reported between Phillipsburg and Lebanon. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Brush Creek | - | There was flash flooding along Normandy and Dunklin Road. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down northeast of Phillipsburg. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | - | A tree was reported down across the road near Highway OO and Eisenhower Road. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brush Creek | - | A large tree was downed from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Brush Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Brush Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caffeyville | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Huben (historical) | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| West Lebanon | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Lebanon | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Phillipsburg | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Russ | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Morgan | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Evergreen | 8.0 miles | 14 |
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 Brush Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985596 | 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 714821. 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.







