Meinert, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65682. The Survey maps it on the Kings Point quadrangle.

Meinert within Dade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1956 USGS Kings Point quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Meinert between 1999 and 2014, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Arson/incendiarism	2
Smoking	1

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
2 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 April 2014	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Meinert: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Allen Limestone Quarry + Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Rose Lockwood Uarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meinert in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 3 tornado, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Meinert	$1,000,000	Sixty to 85 mph wind gusts created widespread damge to trees, power poles, and a few structures across much of Dade County. The southern half of the county was impacted the greatest, particularly in the community of Lockwood where numerous large trees were uprooted. Power line damage created power outages for residents of the community. There was also considerable tree and power pole damage in Greenfield as several city streets were blocked by debris. Power outages in Greenfield ranged from 24 to 48 hours.
May 2024	Tornado (EF0)	Meinert	$95,000	A NWS storm survey found an EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of 85 mph in southwest Dade County. Damage to trees and a barn occurred. An irrigation system was also flipped. A tornado debris signature was seen on radar at the time of the tornado.
February 2023	Tornado (EF0)	Meinert	$50,000	A National Weather Service storm survey concluded that an EF-0 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 77 mph, heavily damaged a machine barn. Tin was blown in a cyclonic manner. The tornado also broke several tree limbs. The tornado was 1.6 miles long with a maximum width of 200 yards.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Meinert	$50,000	Four large grain bins were blown down.
May 2003	Tornado (F1)	Meinert	$10,000	no account filed
June 2014	Flash Flood	Meinert	-	Several roads were flooded in the southwest portion of Dade County.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Meinert	-	Flooding was observed over a section of Highway N two and a half miles south of Highway 160.
May 2008	Hail	Meinert	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dade 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kings Point	3.1 miles	15
Lockwood	4.0 miles	15
Grays Valley	8.1 miles	15
Pennsboro	8.3 miles	15
South Greenfield	8.4 miles	17
Davenport	8.9 miles	16
New Kirk	9.1 miles	15
Greenfield	9.7 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 722203. 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.