Fairview, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65744. It lies near Ironside Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Protem NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 Protem quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Protem NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Protem NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,278 acres in total. None started naturally. 81 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 | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TIDWELL 2 |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261360-10606-09182020-1545 |
| 25 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SILO HOLLOW |
| 4 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,625 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LIBERTY |
| 11 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RETURN TO BLACKJACK |
| 7 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RUETER |
| 9 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BASIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 11 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 heavy rain, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down along Stehle road in Taney County. |
| May 2025 | Heavy Rain | Fairview | - | Storm total rainfall amount of 7.05 inches from May 23 through May 27. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Fairview | - | The Mesonet station BEVM7 near Ava measured a 24-hour rainfall total of 8.27 inches. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A large tree was reported down across Highway 160. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Several large trees were reported across State Highway 125 and Gladetop Trail. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Fairview | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Fairview | - | The Mesonet station BEVM7 at the Ava RAWS site reported 2.08 inches of rainfall. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Fairview | - | The Mesonet station BEVM7 at the Ava/Reuter RAWS site reported 4.54 inches of rainfall. |
| December 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A National Weather Service storm survey found extensive tree damage east of Rueter with winds estimated at 85 mph. Several trees were uprooted and many trees were snapped or had large branched removed. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Fairview | - | The forest service weather observation site in eastern Taney County reported 3.34 inches of rainfall in a few hours. |
| March 2014 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rueter | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Nance | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hercules | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hilda | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Protem | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Eastview (historical) | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cedarcreek | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bradleyville | 10.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749882. 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.
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.









