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Competition, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65470. It stands on Sutton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Competition quadrangle.

Competition within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Competition between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,504 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresMark Twain National ForestURBAN
25 July 2014Arson/incendiarism173 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 2005Arson/incendiarism18 acresMark Twain National ForestMOORE
9 April 2011Debris and open burning71 acresMark Twain National ForestNORRIS CREEK
9 April 2011Debris and open burning55 acresMark Twain National ForestMAYFIELD SPRING
8 April 1995Debris and open burning70 acresMark Twain National ForestCOMPETITION
6 April 1998Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Competition: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - S + GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede County

Storms near this place

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Competition in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 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
April 1993Tornado (F0)Competition2 hurt, $500,000A small tornado touched down destroying a mobile home and severely damaging a ranch house. Numerous outbuildings were damaged and a dump truck was rolled 300 yards. Two people were injured in the mobile home, one seriously and one minor. The county sheriff followed the tornado about 0.5 mile before it lifted.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Competition$80,000This tornado is a continuation of the Wright County tornado that crossed into Laclede County near the community of Competition. The tornado left a three mile swath of damage across rural southeast Laclede County damaging six homes and destroying none. This long tracked tornado finally lifted three miles northeast of Competition.
June 2025FloodCompetition-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCompetition-A severe storm caused tree damage.
June 2015Heavy RainCompetition-Near Competition, 5.00 inches of rainfall was reported in the last 24 hours.
July 2015Flash FloodCompetition-The low water crossing near Highway O and Arthur Road was flooded and impassable.
May 2006Flash FloodCompetition-Numerous roads across the southeastern section of Laclede County became impassable from flash flooding.
October 2016HailCompetition-no account filed
March 2015HailCompetition-no account filed
March 2010HailCompetition-no account filed
March 2010HailCompetition-no account filed
March 2008HailCompetition-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laclede 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
Clark Ford3.3 miles17
Agnes4.2 miles17
Origanna4.4 miles12
Drew4.9 miles17
Jacksonville5.2 miles17
Southard6.2 miles17
Lyons6.7 miles17
Lynchburg7.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749439. 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.