BlockCrowder, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rootwad Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63801. The Survey maps it on the Vanduser quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1931 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Vanduser quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Crowder between 1996 and 2018, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177433-10393-04142018-1130 |
| 20 December 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crowder in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 10 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF3) | Crowder | 2 killed, 10 hurt, $15,000,000 | A 16 mile long EF3 tornado started in eastern Stoddard County along County Highway Y, tracking eastward into Scott County. As it crossed Highway 61, it damaged approximately 10 power poles. The worst damage was found in the Sloanville Drive area where numerous homes were heavily damaged or completely destroyed, this included a brick home and several mobile homes. Two fatalities occurred along this|road. Numerous more homes were either significantly damaged or completely destroyed west of I-55 in Sandywoods, with the tornado continuing east to Woodhaven Estates. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Many outbuildings suffered some degree of damage or were a complete loss. Max width was 200 yards. The tornado lifted just east of Highway O about 3 miles west of Diehlstadt. There were 10 injuries with this tornado as well. |
| April 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Crowder | - | Two funnel clouds were observed. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Crowder | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanduser | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Tanner | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| McMullin | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Brooks Junction | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Salcedo | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Haywood City | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Morley | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Parker | 7.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716547. 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.
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.