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Day, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Jasper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65771. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Day quadrangle.

Day within Taney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Day between 1992 and 2013, burning about 1,076 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
13 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning250 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taney 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 Day: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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 - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Walters QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taney County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Day in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDay$500,000Fifty to 80 mph wind gusts downed thousands of trees across much of Taney County. The northern half of the county was impacted the greatest as structural damage occurred to a modular home in Forsyth from a large tree falling on the structure. Several power poles across the northern half of the county were downed and resulted in power outages.
September 2008Flash FloodDay$100,000Three to five inches of rain fell over Taney County resulting in flooding of small streams, creeks, and Lake Taneycomo. Turkey Creek flooded the Hidden Valley Trailer Park in Hollister as numerous mobile homes were inundated. Meanwhile, Bull Creek flooded into a housing subdivision that was in the process of being built. Also, Lake Taneycomo flooded into some homes as levels increased in response to a water release from Table Rock Lake.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Day$50,000This is the continuation of the tornado that touched down in Stone County. The damage path continued across northeastern Taney County north of Reno Springs Road to just east of Highway 65 south of the community of Saddle Brooke. EF-1 damage was indicated to trees, outbuildings and a tower along its path in Taney County.
March 2025HailDay-Hail to the size of quarters fell on the Christian and Taney County line.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindDay-A 69 mph wind gust was measured by a public weather station near Chestnutridge.
October 2019Heavy RainDay-The Mesonet station FW3182 at Walnut Shade reported 4.20 inches of rainfall.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindDay-Wind gusts from 50 to 60 mph were estimated with small limbs blown down. Dime size hail was reported.

Every storm recorded in Taney 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
Irma5.0 miles15
Walnut Shade6.2 miles14
Bull Creek7.1 miles14
Merriam Woods8.1 miles14
Ameera (historical)8.5 miles13
Garber8.9 miles15
Rockaway Beach9.0 miles14
Long Beach9.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749595. 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.