Calm, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Cedar Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63942. It stands on Frederick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Billmore 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 Gatewood quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Gatewood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Billmore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Billmore quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Calm between 1992 and 2019, burning about 553 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177769-09147-06072018-1835 |
| 2 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 123610-07525-05022015-1405 |
| 1 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Calm: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calm in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 flood, 4 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Calm | 1 hurt, $200,000 | A NWS storm survey concluded that an EF-1 tornado occurred in far southeast Oregon County to the east of Myrtle. Two homes suffered siding damage, five barns/outbuildings were destroyed, along with numerous trees suffering damage that ranged from limb damage to being uprooted along County Road 288 before the tornado crossed the Eleven Point River near the Myrtle Access and crossed into Ripley County north of County Road 286. One injury was reported. Damage cost estimates only include the Oregon County portion of the tornado track. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Calm | $500,000 | Highway 142 was closed near the Eleven Point River. Numerous low water crossings across the county were flooded. Several county roads were damaged. Several campground areas along the Ozarks Scenic Riverways were damaged. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event. |
| November 2024 | Flood | Calm | $61,000 | County property damages were reported throughout the entire county, primarily to dirt roads and bridges. Damage cost estimates are a reflection of the county as a whole. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Calm | - | Missouri Route 142 at the Eleven Point River was flooded and impassable. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Calm | - | Highway 142 at the Eleven Point River was flooded and impassable. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Calm | - | MODOT reported that Highway 142 was impassable due to flooding at the Eleven Point River. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Calm | - | State Highway 142 was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Calm | - | State Highway 142 was flooded and closed. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Calm | - | MODOT reported that Highway 142 was closed in both directions in the vicinity of the Eleven Point River. |
| January 2013 | Flood | Calm | - | MODOT reported that Missouri Highway 142 was flooded on the Eleven Point River. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Calm | - | Route 142 was closed due to flooding. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Calm | - | Hail accumulated to a depth of 3 inches along Highway U, between Highways 160 and 142. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calm | - | Thunderstorms winds downed 8 inch diameter trees. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749163. 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.







