Lynchburg, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Gasconade Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65543. The Survey maps it on the Manes quadrangle. It stands 1,381 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1931 USGS Manes quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Manes quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Manes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Lynchburg between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,071 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | O HIGHWAY |
| 31 August 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOG |
| 30 July 2012 | Natural | 5.2 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | KFTO |
| 29 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | URBAN |
| 5 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MOORE |
| 9 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 71 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | NORRIS CREEK |
| 8 April 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WEDGEWOOD |
| 8 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | ODER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynchburg in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Hail | Lynchburg | - | Quarter size hail was reported by the public. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lynchburg | - | Quarter size hail was reported by the public. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Lynchburg | - | Barnards Grove Winery reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynchburg | - | Winds were estimated by base personnel. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynchburg | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees west of Lynchburg. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Lynchburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Lynchburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lynchburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Lynchburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southard | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Clark Ford | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Nebo | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Competition | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Winnipeg | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Casey Ford | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Jacksonville | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Falcon | 8.9 miles | 17 |
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 Lynchburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6708463 | 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 750895. 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.








