Granville, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65275. It stands on Little Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Granville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Granville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Granville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71 acres 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 burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176810-10243-04202018-1817 |
| 21 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 132640-06949-02012016-1445 |
| 13 December 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 November 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 January 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190207-06902-01032020-1730 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Granville: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granville in 14 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Granville | 2 killed, $50,000 | The tornado touched down and destroyed a mobile home just south of Highway F, about a third of a mile east of CR 419. The entire base frame of the mobile home was tossed a third of a mile to the north from it original location into a soybean field. Two occupants of the mobile home were thrown several hundred feet to the north and killed by the tornado. Approximately 100 yards to the north northeast of the mobile home, a large barn and machine shed were destroyed. Debris from the barn, machine shed and mobile home could be found along a path that stretched up to 4 miles from the intial touchdown point of the tornado. Residences within the 4 mile corridor identified clothing, insulation, pieces of furniture and metal. Isolated tree damage was found further along the path before the tornado lifted and dissipated just north of the intersection of Highway 15 and State Highway J. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granville | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew shingles off of a house, knocked large tree limbs down, and damaged a new machine shed. The observed thunderstorm wind gust was measured with a Davis weather station. |
| October 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Granville | $10,000 | An EF-0 tornado formed shortly before 11pm CDT off of County Rd 274, initially producing minor tree damage. The tornado moved quickly northeastward and peaked in intensity, impacting a farm off of Highway MM, destroying an outbuilding. From there, the tornado continued east-northeast, producing sporadic tree damage before dissipating just east of Monroe Rd 311. The tornado had a path length of 6.02 miles and a max path width of 150 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs 5 miles northeast of Granville and blew one tree over onto power lines about 5 miles north of Paris. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Granville | - | A third tornado touched down in Monroe County about three quarters of a mile south of the intersection of County Roads 284 and 215. A metal shed, a pole barn and a house were damaged in this location. The tornado then traveled to the northeast damaging numerous structures, automobiles and trees along County Road 284. One house had the entire corner of the roof and walls removed while a mobile home suffered extensive damage with one half of the structure being completely destroyed as it was flipped over. Further northeast along County Road 239 another farm sustained damage. A machine shed was partially destroyed with missile debris observed in a camper that was parked on the property. The debris field stretched for 100 yards to the northeast. Further along the path another pole barn was destroyed and a large grove of cedar trees...most of which were 1 foot in diameter...were snapped off. Just north of the intersection of Highway 15 and County Road 386, more power poles were snapped off and a pole barn sustained minor damage to the siding and roof. The tornado continued to the northeast and crossed into Shelby County near the intersection of County Roads 398 and 307. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granville | - | Numerous power poles were blown down along Highway A from half a mile south of the intersection of Highway A and County Road 182 to the intersection of Highways A and DD. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granville | - | A corn field was flattened by downburst winds extending from a quarter of a mile to three quarters of a mile east of the intersection of Highway 15 and State Highway J. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granville | - | Straight line winds caused minor to moderate damage to several farm buildings on CR 169 between CR 174 and CR 182. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granville | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Granville | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Granville | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Granville | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Granville | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Granville | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holliday | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Fowkes | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Woodlawn | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Paris | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Madison | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Duncans Bridge | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Goss | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| North Fork | 10.0 miles | 11 |
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 Granville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27986049 | The 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 718712. 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.





