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Burfordville, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Kinder Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63739. It stands on Schroder Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burfordville quadrangle.

Burfordville within Cape Girardeau County

On record in Burfordville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Burfordville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2

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
16 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179194-01617-09162019-1108
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179143-01617-09162019-1057
31 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179074-01624-04032019-0005
5 October 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230868-01617-10052020-1440
6 January 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179070-01624-01062019-0005
1 January 2020Debris and open burning32 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190042-01617-01012020-1620

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Burfordville: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Thomas QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown ZincZincProspect

Every working recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burfordville in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 2 tornado, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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
May 2025Tornado (EF2)Burfordville$175,000An EF2 tornado, with max winds of 125mph, touched down about 1.5 miles east of Burfordville in Cape Girardeau County. It tracked east for about 1.4 miles before lifting 3 miles east of Burfordville. The worst damage occurred along County Road 363 where a home suffered significant roof damage. Further east along County Road 343 there was an outbuilding with significant damage along with a mobile home that had minor damage. Several trees were uprooted along the path as well. Debris was lofted far enough to be spotted near the intersection of MO-72 and County Road 335.
April 2017Flash FloodBurfordville$50,000Flash flooding of the Whitewater Creek affected the community of Burfordville. Floodwaters from the creek damaged several homes and two vehicles. A motorist attempting to pass through the flooding ended up stranded in a flooded ditch. The vehicle was partially submerged, but nobody was injured.
February 1998FloodBurfordville$5,000Persistent moderate to locally heavy rain during the previous night brought rainfall totals to around 2 inches in 8 hours. Since the ground was already saturated, the runoff raised small stream levels very rapidly. The Whitewater River overflowed across County Road 351 near Burfordville. A station wagon stalled as it attempted to cross the flooded roadway. No injuries were reported.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBurfordville$1,000A tree was uprooted. A National Weather Service storm survey estimated peak winds were near 75 mph.
April 2004Funnel CloudBurfordville-Numerous funnel clouds were reported along the path of a supercell thunderstorm that tracked northeast across Cape Girardeau County.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Burfordville-An old farmhouse was partially destroyed, with the kitchen still standing but the rest of the house flattened. A nearby barn was destroyed. Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2012HailBurfordville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cape Girardeau 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
Gravel Hill1.9 miles18
Tilsit4.3 miles19
Reynolds Ford4.4 miles18
Millersville4.5 miles18
Hartle Ford5.1 miles18
Houck5.5 miles19
Crump6.2 miles18
Kurreville7.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 715068. 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.