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Garwood, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Webb Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63965. The Survey maps it on the Garwood quadrangle.

Garwood within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 17 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Garwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 832 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning27
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
3 September 1996Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177379-09010-08062018-1240
4 August 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 August 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 May 2012Smokingunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverCIG FIRE
8 April 1998Debris and open burning90 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Garwood: 13 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Foster ProspectManganeseProspect
Unknown ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Unknown ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Unknown ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Lone Star MineIronPast Producer
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
Unknown IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garwood in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGarwood-Thunderstorm winds destroyed a billboard sign on MO 21/MO 34 north of Van Buren. The frame is still intact.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGarwood-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and caused minor damage to a barn north of Garwood.
February 2018Flash FloodGarwood-A number of rounds of rain moved through the region over several days. Thus the soils were saturated. Between one and three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway F west of Ellington.
August 2003HailGarwood-The public reported 1 inch hail.
July 1997HailGarwood-The Garwood Fire Department reported 3/4 inch hail across the south part of town.
April 2022HailGarwood-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGarwood-no account filed
May 1999HailGarwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Reynolds 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
Helvey (historical)4.1 miles18
Hadley4.2 miles17
Webb (historical)5.0 miles18
Ruble5.7 miles18
Grady6.5 miles18
Oakley7.0 miles18
Chitwood10.2 miles18
Ellington13.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 718366. 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.