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Marvin, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Moreau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65011. The Survey maps it on the Versailles quadrangle.

Marvin within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Marvin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 951 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation241022-07140-08202020-1559
5 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 May 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation127890-07147-05022015-1401
18 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation134661-07147-03072016-1804
30 March 1993Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Marvin: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Mccormick and Thayer ShaftCoal, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Silvey Zinc MineZincPast Producer
Versailles and African DiggingsZinc, Lead, CoalPast Producer
Bremmer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Crossroad DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Dickey Clay Pit No 1 & 2 & 5Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dickey Clay Pit No 3,4,6,7,8, & 9Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dickey Clay Pit No.3 A & 4 AFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dyl QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Townley DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

11 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marvin in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMarvin$1,000A tree was downed off of south Marvin Road in Versailles.
April 2014Flash FloodMarvin$1,000Water was flowing over Highway W at Hollow Drive. About 1 foot of gravel was over the roadway because of the flowing water.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindMarvin-The Mesonet station, GW3917, in Versailles measured a 60mph wind gust.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMarvin-The MESONET station GW3917 in Versailles recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
March 2025HailMarvin-Hail to the size of quarters fell between Versailles and Eldon.
May 2024HailMarvin-Report of half dollar size hail.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarvin-Mesonet station GW3917 in Versailles measured a 50 knot wind gust.
April 2024Flash FloodMarvin-Highway W near Hollow Drive was flooded and impassable at a low water crossing across a normally dry creek.
June 2015Flash FloodMarvin-Route W was closed in both of directions because of flood water.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMarvin-A couple of trees were blocking Highway C and Highway E.
May 2011HailMarvin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Versailles3.9 miles23
Excelsior4.9 miles19
Barnett5.7 miles19
Gravois Mills8.0 miles25
Glensted8.2 miles18
Rocky Mount10.3 miles22
Aikinsville10.4 miles18
Stover11.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741043. 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.