Fairview, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64842. The Survey maps it on the Wheaton quadrangle. 419 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,302 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFairview grew from 383 to 419 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 383 | |
| 2020 | 419 | +36 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Ritchey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1993 and 2017, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 March 1993 | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 9 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen & Stark Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Feney Land | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Morton Land | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Northcutt Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Pioneer Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $50,000 | Several outbuildings and a few barns were damaged by high winds. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Fairview | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $35,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $30,000 | Several power poles were pushed over onto the road blocking traffic. Power outages occurred in town as a result of the downed poles and power lines. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A public weather station measured a wind gust to 64 mph northwest of Wheaton. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Fairview | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Fairview | - | Nickle sized hail was reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Fairview | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Fairview | - | A portion of Oak Road near Fairview was flooded. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A tree was blown down. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Fairview | - | Excessive rainfall caused a low water crossing on Jolly Mill Drive that intersects Shoal Creek to become impassable from flash flooding. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Fairview | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Fairview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grangeville (historical) | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Newstead (historical) | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Chester (historical) | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wadell | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Jolly | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wanda | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Stark City | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Newtonia | 6.6 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 Fairview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967461 | 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 717748. 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.





