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Gentryville, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It lies near Spicewood Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gentryville quadrangle. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.

Gentryville within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Gentryville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,905 acres in total. None started naturally. 40 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/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 1995Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 1999Debris and open burning153 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 May 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined254 acresMissouri Department of ConservationNN & CR 345
8 April 2000Arson/incendiarism147 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gentryville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Trappist Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

22 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gentryville in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 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
October 2019Thunderstorm WindGentryville$5,000An outbuilding suffered minor damage and several trees were damaged northwest of Gentryville.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGentryville$5,000There were pictures on social media which showed minor roof damage to a business in downtown West Plains.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGentryville$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several power lines near the Twin Bridges area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGentryville$2,000A power pole was blown down near the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 95.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGentryville$1,000Report of a tree across the road on Highway 95 just north of Highway 14 in eastern Douglas county.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGentryville-A tree was reported down on Highway 95 blocking the road.
April 2023HailGentryville-Quarter sized hail was reported.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGentryville-Multiple large tree limbs were reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGentryville-Multiple trees were reported down on County Road 347 near Highway 14.
December 2021HailGentryville-Nickle sized hail was reported.
November 2020HailGentryville-Hail up to golf balls in size was reported by the Emergency Manager.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindGentryville-Strong winds were reported by the Douglas County Fire Department. Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindGentryville-Multiple large trees were downed east of State Road 95, mostly along County Road 347.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindGentryville-A 20 inch diameter tree was blown down.
May 2018HailGentryville-no account filed
May 2018HailGentryville-no account filed
May 2016HailGentryville-no account filed
March 2008HailGentryville-no account filed
April 2008HailGentryville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGentryville-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindGentryville-no account filed
April 1998HailGentryville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Fielden1.2 miles13
Bertha2.2 miles13
Sedan (historical)2.8 miles13
Buckhart3.0 miles14
Tedrick (historical)3.3 miles14
Blanche4.3 miles13
Evans4.8 miles13
Champion4.9 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 GentryvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471347The 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 718391. 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.