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Crown, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Northview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65706. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marshfield quadrangle.

Crown within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Crown between 1992 and 2016, burning about 977 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking1

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Crown: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this place

21 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crown in 21 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2015Flash FloodCrown$1,000,000Numerous low water crossings and roads were flooded and impassable during the rain event. Numerous roads and bridges along with other infrastructure suffered damage across the county. A few homes and businesses also sustained flood water damage. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event.
June 2015Flash FloodCrown$500,000Highway A was flooded at the James River. The water was two feet over the bridge. This storm report will contain the overall storm damage estimates across the entire Webster County for this storm event. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
June 2015FloodCrown$250,000There were 4 homes in western Webster County near Highway KK that had several feel of flood water in the residence. These homes had never flooded in the past.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCrown$2,000A road sign was blow down as well as several small trees at the junction of Bellford Road and Missouri Highway FF.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCrown$1,000A large tree was reported down blocking the east bound lane of Highway FF near the intersection of Bell Ford Road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCrown-Multiple large limbs and trees were reported down.
May 2024HailCrown-Social media report of softball size hail.
June 2024Flash FloodCrown-Flooding was occurring on Bell Springs road south of Marshfield.
June 2024Flash FloodCrown-State Highway A was closed due to flooding. The roadway had two to three feet of flowing water over the bridge.
May 2020Flash FloodCrown-Highway A near the James River was flooded and impassable.
March 2017HailCrown-This hail report was near Mile Marker 96 on I-44 southwest of Marshfield and from social media with a picture.
May 2016Heavy RainCrown-A 24 hour storm total rainfall of 4.82 inches was reported south of Marshfield.
June 2015Flash FloodCrown-Route A was flooded and closed along the James River due to flooding.
November 2015FloodCrown-A small tributary of the James River flooded and threatened a home near KK Highway and Bell Springs Road.
June 2013FloodCrown-State Route A north of Highway 60 was flooded and impassable. Several low water crossings across the county were flooded.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCrown-A very large limb, 30 inches in diameter, was reported down.
May 2007Flash FloodCrown-Flash flooding occurred over the intersection of Highways A and FF.
August 2012HailCrown-no account filed
August 2012HailCrown-no account filed
November 2008Thunderstorm WindCrown-no account filed
April 2007HailCrown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Webster 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
Bumgarden Ford1.5 miles13
Lindstrew Ford1.6 miles13
Northview2.8 miles13
Red Top4.0 miles20
Compton (historical)5.0 miles21
Holman5.4 miles20
Marshfield5.6 miles13
Panther Valley6.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716556. 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.