Eastwood, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Kelly Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63965. The Survey maps it on the Van Buren South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1944 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Van Buren South quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Van Buren South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Eastwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 915 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179120-02039-09062019-1356 |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EASTWOOD |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | SECESH |
| 15 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | COUNTY ROAD 212 |
| 6 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | TRAIL 9 |
| 5 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BLUE RIDGE |
| 5 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eastwood: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastwood in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Eastwood | $500,000 | An EF-1 tornado snapped and uprooted hundreds of trees as it moved northeast from just north of Eastwood to just west and north of Chilton to near Jackson and on to the Wayne County line southwest of Leeper. The roof structure was largely removed from two houses at the end of County Road 326. Another nearby house had some shingles removed, and a nearby barn sustained minor damage. A wooden power pole was snapped on Highway H near County Road 456. The estimated peak wind was 110 mph. The tornado continued northeast into Wayne County where it produced EF-3 damage in Leeper. The total path length was around 31 miles. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Eastwood | - | Dime-size hail was reported from Eastwood to several miles west of Van Buren. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Eastwood | - | The hail was slightly larger than golf balls. This same storm continued east, producing large hail near Ellsinore farther along its path. |
| October 1996 | Hail | Eastwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barren (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Chilton | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Chicopee | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| South Van Buren | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Van Buren | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fremont | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| House Creek | 8.9 miles | 20 | |
| Hunter | 9.7 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Eastwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984316 | The 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 749789. 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.







