Coldspring, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in McMurtrey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65717. It lies near Wolfpen Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Brushyknob quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 13 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.
- 1937 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Brushyknob quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Coldspring between 1992 and 2008, burning about 658 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 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 Coldspring: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. H. Carroll Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coldspring in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldspring | $20,000 | Severe straight line winds destroyed a barn located in rural northern Douglas County. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldspring | $5,000 | A large tree limb was blown down on to a car on Highway C. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldspring | $1,000 | A tree was down on Highway C north of Skyline. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldspring | $1,000 | Several large tree limbs and a tree were reported down on Highway C east of Brushy Knob. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Coldspring | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldspring | - | A tree was reported down on C Highway north of the Skyline School. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Coldspring | - | Hail from quarters to half dollars in size was reported. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldspring | - | Numerous trees were reported down. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldspring | - | Numerous trees were reported down along and east of the intersection of Highways C and 76. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Coldspring | - | A car was in the water at the intersection of County Roads 125 and 134 in eastern Douglas County. The fire department responded and performed a water rescue. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Coldspring | - | Highway 76 at Clever Creek was impassable due to flood water. |
| September 2012 | Heavy Rain | Coldspring | - | A public report relayed by media of 3.75 inches of rainfall had fallen from overnight storms. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldspring | - | A tree was downed across Highway C from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Coldspring | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Coldspring | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Hail | Coldspring | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushyknob | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Denlow | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Champion | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Filer | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cheney | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tedrick (historical) | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Vera Cruz | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Evans | 5.3 miles | 13 |
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 Coldspring | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984986 | The 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 740756. 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.










