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Decaturville, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65536. The Survey maps it on the Decaturville quadrangle.

Decaturville within Camden 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Decaturville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,916 acres in total. None started naturally. 67 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
Arson/incendiarism67
Debris and open burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 2000Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism45 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined789 acresMissouri Department of ConservationCAMDEN LINE
29 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use45 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 May 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Decaturville: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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
Wheeler MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Wheeler MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Ambrose Clark BankIronPast Producer
Cullen BankIronPast Producer
Tier Bank PitIronPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden County

Storms near this place

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Decaturville in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 deaths and 27 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Tornado (F3)Decaturville4 killed, 27 hurt, $5,000,000no account filed
April 2026HailDecaturville$59,800,000A hail swath from quarters to golf balls in size fell along a path from Decaturville to Montreal where a left moving supercell moved to the northeast and weakened before leaving the county. Along the storms path, numerous homes, vehicles, businesses, equipment, crops, livestock and other structures were damaged.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindDecaturville$5,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDecaturville$5,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindDecaturville-A large tree and several large limbs reported down.
March 2024HailDecaturville-Golf ball size hail was reported near Decaturville.
August 2024HailDecaturville-Report of golf ball size hail.
January 2021Flash FloodDecaturville-Heavy rainfall caused a dry creek low water crossing to flood making Old South 5 Road impassable.
July 2016HailDecaturville-no account filed
September 2006HailDecaturville-no account filed
June 2005HailDecaturville-no account filed
July 2004HailDecaturville-no account filed
March 2000HailDecaturville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Camden 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
Hahatonka5.8 miles17
Hugo6.4 miles13
Montreal7.1 miles13
Camdenton7.3 miles22
Rodger Ford (historical)7.9 miles17
White City8.0 miles17
Wet Glaize8.9 miles13
Linn Creek9.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716778. 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.