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Cloverdale, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65590. It lies near Sugartree Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo quadrangle.

Cloverdale within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Cloverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 434 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179213-03010-09132019-1303
11 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179212-03010-08222019-1818
24 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220617-03016-07242020-0600
6 May 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200510-03010-05062020-1507
9 April 1995Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1992Debris and open burning260 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cloverdale: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Morgans Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownLeadPast Producer
UnknownLeadPast Producer
UnknownLeadPast Producer
Ziegler DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

15 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloverdale in 15 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 7 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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
August 2013FloodCloverdale$130,000This storm report will include the total estimated damage due to flood waters. Route 32 was closed at the Niangua River. A couple low water crossings and roadways had damage to due flood waters.
April 2026FloodCloverdale-The low water crossing at Hayes Road and Greasy Creek was closed due to flooding.
April 2024FloodCloverdale-Hayes Road at Greasy Creek was flooded and impassable.
June 2024Flash FloodCloverdale-State Highway 32 was closed due to flooding at the Niangua River.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCloverdale-Numerous trees were damaged or downed by high winds south of Highway 32 along Cloverdale Road.
February 2018FloodCloverdale-State Highway 32 was closed due to flooding of the Niangua River.
February 2018FloodCloverdale-Heavy rainfall caused the Niangua River to flood a section of Highway 32 east of Buffalo.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCloverdale-A tree was blown on Highway 32 about 1 mile east of the Niangua River near Buffalo. The tree blocked the west bound lane.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCloverdale-A tree was blown down on Highway 32 about 1 mile east of Niangua near Buffalo.
July 2015Flash FloodCloverdale-There was a water rescue at Steelman Road and the Big John Access along the Niangua River.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCloverdale-A couple trees were blown down at 270 Falling Rock Road.
April 2011FloodCloverdale-The east side of Steelman Road Bridge over the Niangua River was flooded at Big John Access.
November 2010FloodCloverdale-Water was flowing over Hayes Road along Greasy Creek to an unknown depth.
April 2015HailCloverdale-no account filed
February 2011HailCloverdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Gaunt Ford (historical)3.2 miles14
Buffalo3.5 miles17
Dallion Ford (historical)4.1 miles14
Wall Street4.1 miles14
Hico (historical)4.6 miles17
Hackler Ford (historical)4.9 miles14
Spring Grove5.7 miles17
Tilden6.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735000. 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.