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Grubville, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big River Township. The Survey maps it on the Lonedell quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.

Grubville within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Grubville between 2003 and 2017, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 March 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 March 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 February 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation133832-05007-02282016-1522
12 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation141513-05007-11122016-1306
10 November 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation130341-05007-11102015-1440
26 January 2014Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grubville in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 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
May 2024HailGrubville-A swath of large hail moved east-southeast through central Jefferson County. The largest stones measured 2 to 2.75 inches and fell in and around Grubville, Hillsboro, De Soto, Festus, and Herculaneum. Cities in the path of hailstones greater than 1 inch include Victoria, Pevely, Crystal City, Hematite, and Mapaville.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindGrubville-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous tree limbs north of Highway 30 between the Franklin/Jefferson County line and the intersection of Highway 30 and Ridge Road. Several mobile homes on Forest Hills Manor sustained minor roof damage and a couple of small metal sheds were destroyed.
May 2004Flash FloodGrubville-Local law enforcement reported flash flooding in the Grubbville area. Up to a foot of water was reported flowing over Route Y.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindGrubville-Storm spotters reported large tree limbs down in Grubville.
April 1998HailGrubville-A local television station relayed a report of golfball size hail from one of their weather watchers.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Oermann2.1 miles22
Dittmer4.8 miles22
Morse Mill5.4 miles22
Cottage Farm5.7 miles18
Cedar Hill Lakes5.9 miles22
One Hundred and One Ranch6.4 miles22
Ware7.1 miles18
Cedar Hill7.5 miles22

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 GrubvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471179The 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 718907. 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.

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.