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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.

Garfield within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

28 since 1995

Regional 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 burning15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
16 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 July 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 July 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 June 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177150-07521-06182018-1436
7 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2011Debris and open burning98 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - Manganese & IronIron, ManganesePast Producer
Mrs. Alma OverstreetIronPast Producer1944
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Willard Williams MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oregon County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023HailGarfield$25,000Hail up to ping pong balls in size was reported in a rural location. Minor roof and vehicle damage was reported.
April 2025Flash FloodGarfield-Missouri Route 19 near Frederick Creek was closed due to flooding.
June 2025FloodGarfield-State Highway A was closed due to flooding.
May 2016FloodGarfield-MODOT reported Route A was closed west of Couch due to flooding.
May 2011Flash FloodGarfield-Law enforcement reported the low water crossing on Route A off of Route 9 was flooded and there was one water rescue conducted.
July 2009Flash FloodGarfield-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 2009Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees in a rural area along Highway 19, between Alton and Thayer.

Every storm recorded in Oregon 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
Guiteau2.7 miles12
Jobe (historical)2.9 miles12
Couch3.4 miles13
Jobe3.9 miles12
Deckard-Y4.7 miles12
Corona5.1 miles13
Simpson5.8 miles13
Billmore6.1 miles14

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.