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Mammoth, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bridges Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65655. It stands on Possum Walk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Mammoth within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Mammoth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,064 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 2000Natural1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128572-04600-09182015-1219
18 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128570-04600-09182015-1212
12 September 2017Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1999Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mammoth: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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

Every working recorded in Ozark County

Storms near this place

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mammoth in 70 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 43 flood, 20 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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
April 2011Flash FloodMammoth1 killedA vehicle driven by a 54 year old male was swept off County Road 528 along Lick Creek.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMammoth$200,000A downburst knocked down numerous trees and power lines along Highway 5 south of Gainesville. The downed power lines caused a fire which destroyed two homes. Time was estimated.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMammoth$5,000Tree limbs broken and shingles blown off a home four miles north of Three Brothers in Ozark County.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindMammoth$5,000The roof of a business received minor damage along Highway 5 near the Arkansas State Line.
March 2026FloodMammoth-State Highway T was closed due to flooding.
April 2025Flash FloodMammoth-Highway T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025FloodMammoth-Route T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable at a low water crossing.
April 2025FloodMammoth-Route T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025FloodMammoth-State Highway T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
March 2024FloodMammoth-State Highway T was closed due to flooding at Possum Walk Creek in southern Ozark County.
November 2024Flash FloodMammoth-Route T at Possum Walk Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2023FloodMammoth-Highway T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
March 2023FloodMammoth-Highway T near Lick Creek was flooded and impassable.
January 2022FloodMammoth-Route T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable due to high water.
April 2022Flash FloodMammoth-The Highway TT low water crossing at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2022FloodMammoth-Highway T at the Possum Walk Creek low water crossing was closed due to flooding.
March 2022Flash FloodMammoth-State Highway T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2021Flash FloodMammoth-Route T was closed at Possum Walk Creek due to flooding.
January 2021Flash FloodMammoth-Heavy rainfall caused Possum Walk Creek to flood making Highway T impassable.
February 2021FloodMammoth-Heavy rainfall caused Possum Walk Creek to flood closing Highway T to traffic.
May 2021FloodMammoth-Highway T at Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
December 2021FloodMammoth-Highway T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
December 2021Flash FloodMammoth-Highway T was closed at Possum Walk Creek due to flooding.
March 2020FloodMammoth-State Highway T was closed due to flooding at Possum Walk Creek.
March 2020FloodMammoth-Route T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
March 2020FloodMammoth-The low water crossing at Highway T and Possum Walk Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2020FloodMammoth-The low water crossing on Highway T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded.
May 2020FloodMammoth-Highway T was closed due to flooding at the Possum Walk Creek low water crossing.
May 2020FloodMammoth-Highway T was closed at Possum Walk Creek due to flooding.
January 2020Flash FloodMammoth-Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding over Highway T at Possum Walk Creek and was closed by the fire department.
May 2020FloodMammoth-County Road 528 was flooded at the Lick Creek low water crossing.
May 2020FloodMammoth-Highway T was closed at the Possum Walk Creek low water crossing due to flooding.
May 2020FloodMammoth-Over 2 feet of water was flowing over the low water crossing on Highway T at Possum Walk Creek.
February 2020FloodMammoth-Highway T was closed due to flooding over the low water crossing at Possum Walk Creek.
February 2020FloodMammoth-The low water crossing on Highway T at Possum Walk Creek was flooded and impassable.
October 2020FloodMammoth-State Highway T was closed due to flooding at Possum Walk Creek.
June 2020FloodMammoth-Highway T at Possum Walk Creek was closed due to flooding from from heavy rainfall.
January 2019FloodMammoth-A portion of State Highway T was closed due to flooding south of Gainesville.
January 2019FloodMammoth-Route T was closed just south of Lick Creek with water over the roadway.
February 2019FloodMammoth-MODOT reported a flooded low-water crossing at Route T and Possum Creek.
February 2019FloodMammoth-MODOT reported a flooded low-water crossing at Route T and Possum Creek.
February 2018FloodMammoth-State Highway T was closed due to flooding.
February 2018FloodMammoth-Heavy rainfall caused Possum Walk Creek to flood a section of Highway T about five miles south of Gainesville.
March 2017FloodMammoth-State Highway T was closed in both directions due to high water over the road.
April 2017FloodMammoth-State Highway T was closed due to flooding.
April 2017FloodMammoth-State Highway T was closed due to flooding.
May 2016FloodMammoth-MODOT reported Route T was impassable due to flooding.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMammoth-Several large tree limbs were blown down.
March 2015Flash FloodMammoth-Highway T at Possum Walk Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2015Flash FloodMammoth-Route T was closed int both directions in the vicinity of Possum Walk Creek.
April 2015FloodMammoth-Route T was closed due to flooding.
November 2015FloodMammoth-Route T south of Gainesville was closed due to Flooding.
November 2015FloodMammoth-Route T near the community of Mammoth was closed at Lick Creek because of flooding.
December 2015FloodMammoth-State Highway T was closed at Possum Walk Creek due to flooding.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindMammoth-A tree was reported down along Highway T near the intersection with Highway J.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindMammoth-A tree was blown down across Highway T near the intersection with Highway J.
February 2013FloodMammoth-MODOT reported that the low water crossing along Highway T was flooded.
February 2012FloodMammoth-Low water crossing were closed due to high water along Highway T. The Ozark County Sheriff's office reported that this low water crossing commonly floods.
April 2011Flash FloodMammoth-Highway T was closed due to flooding.
April 2011Flash FloodMammoth-Highway T was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Ozark 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
Prestonia3.1 miles13
Fay3.3 miles13
Howards Ridge3.7 miles13
Hardenville4.0 miles13
Gainesville4.9 miles14
Udall Landing5.9 miles13
Tecumseh7.0 miles13
Udall7.5 miles13

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 MammothAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6745848The 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 733841. 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.