Garfield, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Couch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65690. It stands on Louse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Couch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Couch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Myrtle quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Garfield between 1995 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177150-07521-06182018-1436 |
| 7 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 98 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 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 Garfield: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Manganese & Iron | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Mrs. Alma Overstreet | Iron | Past Producer | 1944 | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Willard Williams Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garfield in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Hail | Garfield | $25,000 | Hail up to ping pong balls in size was reported in a rural location. Minor roof and vehicle damage was reported. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Garfield | - | Missouri Route 19 near Frederick Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Garfield | - | State Highway A was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Garfield | - | MODOT reported Route A was closed west of Couch due to flooding. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Garfield | - | Law enforcement reported the low water crossing on Route A off of Route 9 was flooded and there was one water rescue conducted. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Garfield | - | Heavy rainfall from a slow moving thunderstorm produced flooding across Highway A near the intersection of Highway 19 west of the town of Couch. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garfield | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees in a rural area along Highway 19, between Alton and Thayer. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740865. 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.






