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Greer, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Woodside Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65606. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle.

Greer within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Greer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,024 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 38 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/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking1
Other causes1
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
22 August 2012Arson/incendiarism16 acresMark Twain National ForestBUCK BAY
21 August 2012Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBRASWELL
1 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestSISCO
28 July 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 July 2012Arson/incendiarism270 acresMark Twain National ForestBIG BOTTOM HOLLOW
7 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestDEAD DOG NORTH I
7 April 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestAA SOUTH II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Greer: 8 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, 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
C.S.&R Zinc MineIron, ZincPast Producer
Hess Zinc MineIron, ZincPast Producer
Dewey Minich PropertyIronOccurrenceSurface
Drew Whitten MineIronProspect1945
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronProspect
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LimoniteIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oregon County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greer in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 2011Thunderstorm WindGreer$2,000Several trees were blown down along Route 19 north of Greer between the Eleven Point River bridge and Shannon County line.
April 2025Flash FloodGreer-Missouri Route 19 at the Eleven Point River was flooded and impassable.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindGreer-A large tree was blown down along Highway 19 just north of Greer Spring.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGreer-The sheriff's office reported that several trees were downed near the McCormack Lake Recreational area.
May 2003HailGreer-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGreer-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindGreer-no account filed
July 1996HailGreer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oregon 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
Woodside2.7 miles12
Braswell4.4 miles13
Turners Mill4.6 miles14
Huddleston4.8 miles12
Ross (historical)4.8 miles14
McFry Ford5.1 miles14
Hollis5.2 miles13
Alton5.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750158. 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.