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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.

Brush Creek within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

60 since 1992

Regional 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2000Debris and open burning45 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined267 acresMissouri Department of ConservationJEWELL RD
7 May 1992Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1994Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 2001Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Storms near this place

18 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailBrush Creek$250,000Pictures 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 2019Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek$250,000A 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 2017Tornado (EF1)Brush Creek$100,000The 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 2020Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek$50,000Significant 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 2008LightningBrush Creek$30,000A house caught on fire as a result of a lightning strike. The house was heavily damaged from the fire.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek$25,000Numerous power poles down along and on Foxtail Road. Minor structural damage reported to a few outbuildings.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek$10,000Several power lines were reported down along Highway 64.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek$5,000Roof damage and structural damage to a home was reported near Highway 32.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek$2,000A telephone poll was knocked over from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek-Several trees were blown down or snapped.
April 2017HailBrush Creek-Quarter size hail was reported near mile marker 123 on I-44.
April 2017HailBrush Creek-Golf ball size hail was reported between Phillipsburg and Lebanon.
August 2016Flash FloodBrush Creek-There was flash flooding along Normandy and Dunklin Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek-Several large tree limbs were blown down northeast of Phillipsburg.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek-A tree was reported down across the road near Highway OO and Eisenhower Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBrush Creek-A large tree was downed from thunderstorm wind gusts.
February 2011HailBrush Creek-no account filed
April 2008HailBrush Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laclede County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Caffeyville1.0 miles14
Huben (historical)2.8 miles14
West Lebanon4.2 miles14
Lebanon5.2 miles14
Phillipsburg5.7 miles14
Russ7.1 miles14
Morgan7.6 miles14
Evergreen8.0 miles14

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 CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27985596The 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.