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East Purdy, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in McDonald Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65734. The Survey maps it on the Purdy quadrangle.

East Purdy within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of East Purdy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 568 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177596-00505-08062018-1314
4 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177595-00505-08042018-1555
4 August 2000Smoking2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177593-00505-07252018-2313

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of East Purdy: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Kelley & Anderson MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Henderson MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Hutchens Quarry + MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Purdy in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2019Tornado (EF0)East Purdy$35,000A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado five miles northeast of Purdy which tracked northeast for five miles across northern Barry County before lifting just north of Highway Z. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 10 minutes with maximum wind speeds estimated at 85 mph. This tornado was spawned by the same supercell that caused the Wheaton, Missouri tornado. Distant damage to trees was noted in inaccessible areas west of State Highway BB before causing roof panels to be torn off six outbuildings along the highway, and then again to distant trees into Prairie Run Hollow. The damage to trees became convergent as it tracked into forested areas along Farm Road 2032 before resuming an intermittent path of tree damage along portions of FR 1140. The last evidence of damage was found northeast of Pleasant Ridge north of Highway Z.
March 2021HailEast Purdy-Half dollar sized hail was reported.
June 2019HailEast Purdy-Hail up to quarters in size was reported by a trained spotter.
October 2009Flash FloodEast Purdy-Portions of Highway U, W and Y were closed due to flooding.
September 2009FloodEast Purdy-State Highway C was closed due to flooding along Flat Creek.
July 2017HailEast Purdy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barry 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
Purdy2.2 miles11
McDowell4.6 miles11
Star City4.6 miles11
Butterfield4.8 miles11
Travers5.4 miles13
Corsicana6.3 miles11
Burtonville6.6 miles11
Dale7.1 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122539408The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717340. 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.