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Gainesville, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in West Bridges Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65655. It stands on Becky Cobb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle. 745 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

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Gainesville within Ozark County

On record in Gainesville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Gainesville grew from 165 to 745 between 1880 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.

YearPeople Change
1880165
2010773
2020745-28 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Gainesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,874 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 burning34
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 2000Natural1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined270 acresMissouri Department of ConservationMURPHY FIRE
18 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128572-04600-09182015-1219
18 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128570-04600-09182015-1212
12 September 2017Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1999Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gainesville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Gainesville Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nourse FarmAluminumPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ozark County

Storms near this place

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gainesville in 61 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 22 thunderstorm wind, 21 hail, 11 flash flood, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Flash FloodGainesville$4,000,000Widespread flooding of low water crossings and rural roads throughout the county was reported by emergency management.||The total cost estimate for flooding damages for Ozark County for this entire episode has been included. This includes roads, bridges, and structures which were affected.
January 2000LightningGainesville$70,000no account filed
March 1993Tornado (F0)Gainesville$50,000A tornado touched down briefly off of Highway 181 damaging an outbuilding and several homes. Pieces of the outbuilding were found a half mile away and 2-by-4 boards were driven through the roof of an old home. Boards were also found stuck in the ground like arrows along with roof shingles torn off.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGainesville$50,000no account filed
April 2016HailGainesville$25,000A picture from social media showed hail size up to 2 inches. Several cars sustained dents and damage in the area.
April 2017Flash FloodGainesville$10,000There was a vehicle in the flood water near Lick Creek at Highway 160 and Highway 5 in Gainesville.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGainesville$5,000Several power lines were blown down in the Gainesville area.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindGainesville$5,000Numerous trees and limbs were blown down in Gainesville and Tecumseh damaging parked cars and motor homes. A local newspaper also reported wind damage to barns and outbuildings between Udall and Tecumseh.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindGainesville$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGainesville$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large Oak tree, which fell on a house causing minor damage. The wind damage occurred near Highway 5, along the Arkansas border.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGainesville$1,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindGainesville$500Trees were blown over a section of Highway 181.
April 1994Tornado (F0)Gainesville$50The Missouri Highway Patrol relayed a report of a small tornado that Skywarn spotters were tracking.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindGainesville-Several trees were blown down on County Roads 502 and 513 southeast of Gainesville blocking traffic for a time.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindGainesville-Multiple trees were blown down on County Roads 502 and 513 southeast of Gainesville.
February 2018FloodGainesville-Heavy rainfall caused Lick Creek to flood a section of Main Street in Gainesville.
March 2018FloodGainesville-The low water crossing at Main Street and Lick Creek was flooded and closed.
May 2018Flash FloodGainesville-Main Street in Gainesville was flooded. Water came up 3 feet while observing the flooding.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGainesville-A 52 knot wind gust was reported.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindGainesville-Wind gusts up to 65 mph were estimated but no damage was reported.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindGainesville-Several large tree limbs were blown down in Gainesville.
November 2013FloodGainesville-The North Main Street Bridge was closed due to high water and debris in the water.
September 2010Flash FloodGainesville-A portion of Main Street in the City of Gainsville was reported flooded and impassable.
May 2010FloodGainesville-A section of Ballpark Road in Gainesville was flooded and closed off to motorists near Lick and Becky Cobb creeks.
October 2009Flash FloodGainesville-Numerous low water crossings were flooded.
June 2007Flash FloodGainesville-Several roads and low water crossings became impassable to motorists due to excessive rainfall.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindGainesville-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees along Highway 5 near Gainesville.
May 2006Flash FloodGainesville-Excessive rainfall caused several low water crossings to become impassable to motorists.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGainesville-A swath of severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous trees throughout much of the county.
June 2005Flash FloodGainesville-Several low water crossings flooded across the eastern part of the county from heavy thunderstorms.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGainesville-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees southeast of Gainesville.
May 2018HailGainesville-no account filed
June 2014HailGainesville-no account filed
April 2011HailGainesville-no account filed
June 2009HailGainesville-no account filed
June 2009HailGainesville-no account filed
June 2009HailGainesville-no account filed
May 2008HailGainesville-no account filed
March 2006HailGainesville-no account filed
May 2006HailGainesville-no account filed
May 2006HailGainesville-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindGainesville-no account filed
May 2006HailGainesville-no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodGainesville-no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodGainesville-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGainesville-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGainesville-no account filed
April 2003HailGainesville-no account filed
April 2003HailGainesville-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGainesville-no account filed
July 2003HailGainesville-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindGainesville-no account filed
September 2001HailGainesville-no account filed
March 2000HailGainesville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGainesville-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGainesville-no account filed
April 1998HailGainesville-no account filed
April 1997HailGainesville-no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodGainesville-no account filed
March 1996HailGainesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ozark 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
Hardenville3.2 miles13
Mammoth4.9 miles14
Fay5.6 miles13
Locust6.6 miles14
Willhoit6.9 miles13
Howards Ridge7.2 miles13
Luna7.3 miles12
Prestonia7.5 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.

Wikipedia article on GainesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q961205The 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 718308. 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.