Earnestville, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65590. The Survey maps it on the Long Lane 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.
- 1939 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Long Lane quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Earnestville between 1993 and 2016, burning about 522 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 259 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | TURKEY BAIT FIRE |
| 6 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134175-05327-03062016-1856 |
| 17 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134754-05300-03172016-1805 |
| 16 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Earnestville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabrielle Diggings | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Earnestville in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 5 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Earnestville | $500,000 | There was six to nine inches of standing water the west bound lanes of Interstate 44 at mile marker 118. Several roads, low water crossings, and bridges suffered damage from flood water. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Earnestville | $25,000 | Flooding caused a culvert to collapse on Walnut Grove Loop off of State Highway B. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Earnestville | $10,000 | The low water crossing at Highway B near Almond Road was flooded and damaged. A portion of the pavement was washed away. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Earnestville | - | Route B at the Dousinbury Creek low water crossing was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Earnestville | - | Route B at the Jones Creek low water crossing was closed due to flooding. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Earnestville | - | State Highway B was closed due to flooding at Jones Creek. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Earnestville | - | Highway B was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brittain | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Handley | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Grove | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Long Lane | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wall Street | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gaunt Ford (historical) | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Limekiln Ford (historical) | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hico (historical) | 6.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717246. 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.






