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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Maywood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Maywood quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230747-06438-09032020-1320 |
| 18 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230744-06438-08142020-1215 |
| 15 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177554-06438-06012018-1423 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179330-05620-04082019-1457 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177502-06438-04282018-1516 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177478-06438-04222018-2113 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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.
Storms near this place
15 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Lightning | Maywood | 3 hurt | Three 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 2013 | Flood | Maywood | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Tornado (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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maywood | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees, destroyed a machine shed and blew part of the roof off of another building in town. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maywood | - | 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maywood | - | Two large trees were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts near a home in Maywood. One branch crashed through the bathroom window. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maywood | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down in Maywood. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Maywood | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Maywood | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Maywood | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Maywood | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maywood | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Maywood | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Maywood | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maywood | - | 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.
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 Maywood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3470995 | 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 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.





