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Maple Grove, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64748. The Survey maps it on the Maple Grove quadrangle.

Maple Grove within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

In the county-history sources

6,685 words on this township

The History of Jasper County, Missouri : Including a Condensed History of the State, a Complete History of Carthage and Joplin, Other Towns and Townships : Together with Numerous Portraits of Prominent Men : Cuts of Elegant Residences and Public Buildings : a Sectional Map of the County : Biographical Sketches of Many Enterprising Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional, and Business Men : the Constitution of the State : an Abstract of Laws : an Elaborate History of Jasper County - Its Topography, Natural History, Pioneers, Organization, Political History, Courts and Bar, Religious, Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural, Its Commercial and Business Interests, Etc, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Lincoln Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Lincoln Township - 6,685 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Maple Grove in 2019, burning under an acre 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179394-00617-09192019-1730

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper 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 Maple Grove: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maple Grove in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood, 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
June 2007Flash FloodMaple Grove$150,000Significant flooding occurred over Jasper County. Center Creek and the Spring River were impacted the most with this excessive rainfall. Approximately 20 homes were flooded from the Spring River.
April 2024HailMaple Grove$120,000Hail to the size of tennis balls was reported in a rural farm community. Damage occurred to a few homes and out buildings along with some farm and personal vehicles.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove$40,000Debris from a damaged barn was blown into a fence row. Several power lines were also reported down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove$5,000Report of tree limbs and power poles broken.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove$5,000Skywarn spotters reported large trees down which knocked down power lines. A log-cabin type house also burned down after being struck by lightning in Carthage. The local fire department reported wind gusts to 62 mph.
March 2023FloodMaple Grove-Highway 10 at Deer Creek was closed due to flooding.
July 2013FloodMaple Grove-There was flooding along Route 37 south of Highway 96 and north of Route F.
June 2001HailMaple Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Avilla4.0 miles18
Dudenville4.2 miles17
Forest Mills7.1 miles18
La Russell8.5 miles18
Maxville8.5 miles17
Reeds9.7 miles18
Carytown9.8 miles17
Knights10.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 721818. 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.