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Gowdy, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64080. It stands on Middle Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Hill quadrangle.

Gowdy within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gowdy in 2003, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning1

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
21 January 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gowdy: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Greenwood Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls. QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gowdy in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindGowdy-A roof was blown off of a pole barn just east of the office from an isolated downburst.
July 2015Tornado (EF0)Gowdy-This tornado produced tree damage to the southwest of Pleasant Hill. Highest winds were rated at 85 mph.
June 2008FloodGowdy-Flooding was reported at the intersection of BB Highway and 175th Street.
June 2008Flash FloodGowdy-Water was reported over the road at the intersection of Missouri Highway BB and 175th Street.
May 2012HailGowdy-no account filed
February 2011HailGowdy-no account filed
August 2011HailGowdy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Wyoming (historical)2.0 miles15
Pleasant Hill2.1 miles15
Ore3.3 miles14
Baldwin Park3.4 miles15
Avon4.6 miles15
Coleman5.3 miles16
Wingate5.4 miles13
Lake Winnebago5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740880. 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.