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Fruitland, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Shawnee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63755. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.

Fruitland within Cape Girardeau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Fruitland between 1995 and 2016, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural1

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
27 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 March 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 February 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fruitland: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron. 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
Weiss BankIronProspect
Ceramo Clay PitClayProducer
Southern Clay PlantClayPast Producer
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fruitland in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 2 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 2006HailFruitland$250,000Golf ball size hail fell at Jackson and northwest of Cape Girardeau near County Road 618. Quarter size hail fell in Cape Girardeau at Interstate 55 and Kings Highway. In Fruitland, hail was 1.5 inches in diameter. All 80 vehicles on a car lot in Jackson were damaged, with 10 to 15 dents in each car. The rear windows of several cars were smashed out.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindFruitland$75,000Widespread damage to trees and power lines occurred in Jackson and Cape Girardeau, especially in northeast sections of Cape Girardeau. Numerous power outages affected about 3,000 customers. Red Cross officials activated response plans, providing ice and water to numerous residents. Hundreds of residents remained without power through most of the following day. Three homes suffered major damage, mainly due to trees falling across them. A chimney was torn off one house. Streets were closed due to numerous downed trees and power lines. Siding was blown off a house in Fruitland, and a trampoline was thrown several hundred yards.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindFruitland$60,000At a subdivision off Highway 177 northeast of Fruitland, a half dozen trees were uprooted from a flowing creek bed. One tree fell across a home, causing structural damage. Shingles were ripped off the west side of a roof. A privacy fence was blown down, with pieces of fence blown 50 yards into a small building. A covered boat slip was destroyed. The path width was about 50 yards. In Fruitland, numerous branches were blown down. A set of columns on a front porch was taken down by falling tree limbs. A couple of trees were uprooted.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindFruitland$50,000A microburst containing estimated peak winds near 80 mph occurred along and east of U.S. Highway 61. Several trees were blown down. The top of a barn was destroyed. Shingles were blown off a house. The path length was about one-half mile, and the path width was 400 yards.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindFruitland$40,000Structural damage occurred to mobile homes near Fruitland. Trees were down in the central part of the county.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFruitland$25,000Trees were uprooted, with one falling onto a house in Fruitland as a line of storms moved across Cape Girardeau County.
November 2002Tornado (F0)Fruitland$25,000Near the intersection of Highway W and County Road 601, a trailer was demolished and blown into a building. Trees were blown down, a metal barn roof was blown off, and several homes lost shingles.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFruitland$8,000Trees were down, with power outages.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFruitland$5,000Trees were down.
May 1994Tornado (F0)Fruitland$5,000A small tornado touched down near Fruitland and lifted a mobile home of its foundation. Reported by the county sheriff office and county officials.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindFruitland$2,000Tree limbs were blown down. An amateur radio operator measured a wind gust to 62 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindFruitland$1,000A four-inch diameter tree was snapped at the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and Y Highway.
May 2018Funnel CloudFruitland-This funnel cloud touched down several minutes later in the far eastern part of the county.
June 2018Funnel CloudFruitland-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud.
July 2015Funnel CloudFruitland-A funnel cloud was observed by a trained spotter along Interstate 55 just south of Fruitland.
January 2013Heavy RainFruitland-Flood-prone Hubble Creek in Jackson was out of its banks. Water was over some secondary roads and side streets.
April 2005HailFruitland-The sheriff department reported golf-ball size hail on Interstate 55 at exit 105. Many locations in and near Fruitland reported an extended period of large hail due to the very slow movement of the storm. Hail depths were reported up to 4 inches, creating a winter-like scene and slippery road conditions. The county highway department was dispatched to clear the roads.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindFruitland-Trees were down across County Road 543.
July 2023HailFruitland-no account filed
May 2014HailFruitland-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindFruitland-no account filed
April 2005HailFruitland-no account filed
July 2004HailFruitland-no account filed
April 2003HailFruitland-no account filed
May 2003HailFruitland-no account filed
November 2002HailFruitland-no account filed
May 2002HailFruitland-no account filed
May 1995HailFruitland-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindFruitland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cape Girardeau 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
Sawyer1.4 miles19
Leemon2.9 miles20
Brookside3.1 miles19
Pocahontas3.6 miles24
Jackson4.8 miles19
Concord (historical)5.0 miles24
Oriole5.5 miles20
Oak Ridge6.0 miles24

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 FruitlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5506445The 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 731571. 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.