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Caulfield, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65626. The Survey maps it on the Caulfield quadrangle.

Caulfield within Howell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Caulfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 367 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
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
29 September 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1992Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Caulfield: 21 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Lead, Lead, 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
Alice MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Ball MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Alice MineZincPast Producer1888, 1890
Elmer Spencer ProspectZincPast Producer
PackardZincPast Producer1893
Rex MineZincPast Producer1893
Rox MineZincPast Producer
Taylor MineZincPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincProspect

Every working recorded in Howell County

Storms near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caulfield in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 15 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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
March 2007Tornado (EF3)Caulfield1 killed, $750,000This is an extension of the Ozark County tornado. A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a large tornado ripped through rural sections of southwest Howell County, Missouri. The community of Caulfield experienced a direct hit. Numerous farms and structures were damaged or destroyed. One fatality occurred as the tornado ripped through a mobile home northeast of Caulfield. Four other injuries occurred in the same mobile home. The tornado lifted approximately one mile southwest of the West Plains city limits.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Caulfield2 hurt, $75,000This tornado is a continuation of the tornado in Ozark County Missouri. A National Weather Service survey indicated that an F-1 tornado tracked out of Ozark County into extreme southwest Howell County to 5 miles south southeast of Caulfield or three miles northeast of Bakersfield approximately one half mile west of the intersection of Highways YY and 562. The tornado width was 100 yards with a length of approximately four miles.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCaulfield$30,000Tree limbs were reported down on powerlines in the Caulfield and Potterville areas.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCaulfield$10,000Metal roofing was blown off a home and multiple large limbs were reported down due to high winds.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindCaulfield$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a front porch and a barn near Highway YY.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindCaulfield$1,000A tree was reported down on Highway 160 at the county line just west of Caulfield.
April 2025HailCaulfield-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2020HailCaulfield-Half dollar sized hail was reported.
May 2020HailCaulfield-Golf ball sized hail was reported in a mainly rural area north of Caulfield.
June 2019HailCaulfield-The public reported hail up to the size of quarters in Caulfield.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCaulfield-Several tree limbs were reported down. A large tree was uprooted and one was snapped.
May 2016HailCaulfield-Hail up to the size of pennies was reported covering the ground in Caulfield.
April 2011Flash FloodCaulfield-Highway 160 was closed due to flooding.
May 2006Flash FloodCaulfield-An eight mile stretch of Highway V southwest of Caulfield flooded in low lying areas.
November 2005Flash FloodCaulfield-Highways 101 and 160 were flooded.
June 2011HailCaulfield-no account filed
March 2010HailCaulfield-no account filed
April 2006HailCaulfield-no account filed
April 2006HailCaulfield-no account filed
May 2006HailCaulfield-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCaulfield-no account filed
March 2002HailCaulfield-no account filed
August 2000HailCaulfield-no account filed
May 1998HailCaulfield-no account filed
April 1998HailCaulfield-no account filed
March 1996HailCaulfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howell 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
Arditta2.2 miles12
Wetherhill (historical)2.3 miles12
Egypt Grove3.9 miles12
Cureall4.1 miles13
Hocomo5.3 miles12
Amy5.4 miles12
Leota6.7 miles12
Pottersville6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 715508. 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.