Crockerville, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65325. The Survey maps it on the Crockerville quadrangle. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crockerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
93 words on this townshipA Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Williams Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Williams Township - 93 words.
Fires near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Crockerville between 1995 and 2018, burning about 218 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 139873-07144-09032016-1552 |
| 1 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177948-07144-04192018-1300 |
| 10 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122362-07144-04102015-1549 |
| 9 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 136534-07144-03042016-1214 |
| 30 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 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 Crockerville: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crockerville in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crockerville | $50,000 | Numerous power outages were reported with power poles and lines down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crockerville | $25,000 | A few trees and powerlines were downed by high winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crockerville | $10,000 | Several large trees were reported down and significant damage occurred to a pole barn near Highway 52 and Highway W. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crockerville | $3,000 | Report of tree limbs broken and shingles blown off. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Crockerville | - | Portions of State Highway 52 was closed due to flooding. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crockerville | - | A large tree was blown down and blocked a portion of the road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crockerville | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked a large tree across Highway 52. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Crockerville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crest | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Creek | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cole Camp | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hilda | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Mora | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cole Camp Junction | 9.2 miles | 17 | |
| Zora | 10.8 miles | 20 | |
| Windsor Junction | 10.9 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 Crockerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5187339 | 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 740778. 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.








