Craddock, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65462. It stands on Sample Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edgar Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1937 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Craddock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,166 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190475-03322-04082020-2050 |
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 34 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135519-03322-04032016-1918 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Craddock: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Childress Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Craddock in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Flood | Craddock | - | State Highway H was closed due to flooding near Black Oak Creek. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Craddock | - | Route H at the Little Piney Creek was closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Craddock | - | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado tracked from five miles south of Edgar Springs to five miles northeast of Edgar Springs in southern Phelps County. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along the track the tornado took through mainly forested, rural areas. No additional damage other than tree damage was noted. The maximum wind speeds estimated along the track were 85 mph. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craddock | - | Several large trees were reported snapped or uprooted by high winds. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Craddock | - | Route H was closed near the Little Piney Creek. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Craddock | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Craddock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Edgar Springs | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Blooming Rose | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Flat | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Duke | 8.8 miles | 23 | |
| Yancy Mills | 10.5 miles | 26 | |
| Spring Creek | 12.7 miles | 22 | |
| Vida | 15.2 miles | 26 |
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 Craddock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27986272 | 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 749507. 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.













