Coldwater, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cedar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63964. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coldwater quadrangle. It stands 489 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1930 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Coldwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 287 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179444-06205-09182019-1555 |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177375-06205-08052018-1642 |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177374-06205-08042018-1850 |
| 17 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177115-06205-05012018-1610 |
| 6 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Coldwater: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Kelly Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Kinkad Land | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Kinkad Land | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No 32 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., No. 34 | Iron | Occurrence | Surface |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coldwater in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldwater | $5,000 | Several trees and utility poles were blown down around Highway 67 and Highway EE. Several tree limbs around 5 inches in diameter were blown down at Cascade. |
| November 2024 | Flood | Coldwater | - | Minor flooding occurred along the St Francis river at Patterson. The flooding was mainly of bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Coldwater | - | U.S. Highway 67 was flooded near Coldwater. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Coldwater | - | Reported near Highway 67 and Highway EE. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Coldwater | - | Reported by the county sheriff. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Coldwater | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Coldwater | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldwater | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head Ford (historical) | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Burch | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Lodi | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Missionary Acres | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Bounds | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Clubb | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Brunot | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Cascade | 7.5 miles | 19 |
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 Coldwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471591 | 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 716084. 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.












