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Garrison, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65657. It stands on Barbers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Garrison within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Garrison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,540 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 119 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/incendiarism119
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 1995Debris and open burning57 acresMark Twain National ForestBARBER'S CREEK
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National Forestnot named
30 August 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestTODLETT
28 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestBAR K
29 June 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHAY BALE
27 June 1994Arson/incendiarism21 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
25 June 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHOT ROD LINCOLN
19 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use12 acresMark Twain National ForestBAR K

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian 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 Garrison: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Adams MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Barber Creek DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Christian County

Storms near this place

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garrison in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash 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
May 2009Tornado (EF1)Garrison$2,000,000This tornado is an extension of the Taney County tornado. A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado impacted extreme southeast Christian County. Wind speeds were estimated at 100 mph as the tornado damaged two homes, destroyed a few outbuildings, and downed numerous trees. The tornado eventually tracked into western Douglas County.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Garrison$15,000A short-lived EF0 tornado downed large limbs and caused minor shingle and siding damage to a home before the path was no longer visible into a forested area.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindGarrison$10,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGarrison-A large tree was reported down blocking the road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGarrison-A tree was reported down on the road.
March 2025HailGarrison-Hail to the size of ping pong balls fell northwest of Garrison.
March 2023HailGarrison-Nickle sized hail was reported.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Large tree limbs were reported down on Highway 125.
May 2020Flash FloodGarrison-The Bar K Ranch Campground was evacuated due to flooding. Several camps had to be moved to avoid being impacted by the rapidly rising waters.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Several large tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Garrison-A National Weather Service storm survey team determined that an F-1 tornado touched down 4 miles east of Garrison and tracked 2 miles to the Douglas County line. The maximum width was one third of a mile.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGarrison-The northern edge of a derecho clipped southern Christian County and downed a few trees near the community of Garrison.
May 2001HailGarrison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Christian 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
Low Gap4.9 miles13
Pine Ridge5.0 miles13
Saunders5.1 miles13
Chadwick6.6 miles13
Eaudevie (historical)9.5 miles15
Oldfield9.7 miles13
Keltner9.7 miles13
Lawing (historical)9.9 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 GarrisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5524007The 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 750025. 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.