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Maywood, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63454. The Survey maps it on the Maywood quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.

Maywood within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Maywood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 174 acres 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10

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
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230747-06438-09032020-1320
18 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230744-06438-08142020-1215
15 June 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177554-06438-06012018-1423
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179330-05620-04082019-1457
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177502-06438-04282018-1516
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177478-06438-04222018-2113

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Maywood: 3 past producers. 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
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maywood in 15 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2005LightningMaywood3 hurtThree men were injured when the truck they were standing by was struck by lightning. The men were knocked to the ground and were treated for superficial burns. The bolt melted the radio antenna, the radio, left a hole in the back window, and left burn marks on the drive's side mirror.
May 2013FloodMaywood$2,000no account filed
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Maywood-A tornado touched down in a farm field north of Highway O and west of Oak Avenue, which is west-northwest of Maywood. The tornado moved east northeast directly hitting a home in its path, causing EF-1 damage by lifting a large portion of the roof from the residence. Roofing materials were found up to a half mile to the east. The tornado continued east northeast toward Oak Avenue causing significant tree damage. At Oak Avenue the tornado rolled a full size tanker truck on its side and destroyed two grain bins. The tornado continued east northeast across Olive Avenue causing additional tree damage. The tornado dissipated a few hundred yards to the east of Olive Avenue in another farm field. The tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 2.01 miles and a max path width of 150 yards.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMaywood-Thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees, destroyed a machine shed and blew part of the roof off of another building in town.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMaywood-Local emergency management officials reported a swath of damage in the Maywood area. A few small trees were down, some large limbs were down, and corn in nearby fields was flattened.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMaywood-Two large trees were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts near a home in Maywood. One branch crashed through the bathroom window.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMaywood-Local law enforcement reported trees down in Maywood.
July 2021HailMaywood-no account filed
April 2013HailMaywood-no account filed
July 2008HailMaywood-no account filed
July 2006HailMaywood-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMaywood-no account filed
May 2004HailMaywood-no account filed
May 2004HailMaywood-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMaywood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Durham3.8 miles13
Dover4.0 miles16
Weber4.3 miles16
Gilead6.1 miles15
Ewing6.9 miles15
La Grange8.3 miles14
Durgen8.3 miles15
Sellers8.6 miles15

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 MaywoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3470995The 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 735714. 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.