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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1933 USGS Stoutland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Stoutland quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Decaturville quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 789 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | CAMDEN LINE |
| 29 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 45 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Mines | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Wheeler Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ambrose Clark Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Cullen Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tier Bank Pit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F3) | Decaturville | 4 killed, 27 hurt, $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Decaturville | $59,800,000 | A 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decaturville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decaturville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decaturville | - | A large tree and several large limbs reported down. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Decaturville | - | Golf ball size hail was reported near Decaturville. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Decaturville | - | Report of golf ball size hail. |
| January 2021 | Flash Flood | Decaturville | - | Heavy rainfall caused a dry creek low water crossing to flood making Old South 5 Road impassable. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Decaturville | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Decaturville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Decaturville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Decaturville | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Decaturville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hahatonka | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hugo | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Montreal | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Camdenton | 7.3 miles | 22 | |
| Rodger Ford (historical) | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| White City | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Wet Glaize | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Linn Creek | 9.0 miles | 22 |
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.






