Naylor, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Thomas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63953. It stands on Buzzard Run. The Survey maps it on the Naylor quadrangle. 440 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 305 feet above sea level.
On record in Naylor
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Sylvan Schoollisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresNaylor fell from 632 to 440 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 632 | |
| 2020 | 440 | -192 (-30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1935 USGS Acorn quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Naylor quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Naylor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Naylor quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Naylor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178110-01201-08012018-1609 |
| 6 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178442-09143-04032019-2015 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178441-09143-04032019-1830 |
| 21 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1995 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Naylor in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Naylor | $50,000 | The city of Naylor was isolated by flooding of roads through the night. Some homes were evacuated by boat throughout the county, and water entered a few homes and businesses. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naylor | $50,000 | Along County Road EE, there was a damage path about 1/4 mile long. Along this path, metal sheds were destroyed, a barn was damaged, and a mobile home was blown off its foundation. On County Road CC, an equipment shed was destroyed. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Naylor | $30,000 | National Weather Service surveys revealed a short-lived tornado passed through the Naylor area. Witnesses reported the lowest portion of the funnel cloud was not visible near the ground, however, damage along the path of the funnel indicates the circulation was in contact with the ground. The funnel may have been difficult to see given the time of day, which was just after sunset. The first damage was to a metal building at a farm located 1/2 mile southwest of Naylor. Further northeast, the roof of the Lucy Lee Clinic was damaged, shingles were damaged on a few houses, and trees and power lines were down. One of the trees fell on a house. Top winds were estimated near 80 MPH. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naylor | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naylor | $6,000 | Small trees and a few power lines were blown down along Route 142. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naylor | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Naylor | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Flood | Naylor | - | Torrential rainfall filled ditches in Naylor, with ponding on roadways, in a park, and around grain bins. Radar estimated rainfall rates peaked over 2'' an hour in Naylor. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Naylor | - | Numerous roads were flooded around the county, including NN Highway on the Carter County line. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Naylor | - | Near Gatewood, there was minor flooding of Highway V due to a nearby creek, and water was reported along Highway 142 near Highway V. Near Naylor, there was minor flooding on Highway 142. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Naylor | - | There was considerable flooding of low-lying areas due to several rounds of thunderstorms over the previous few days. A lane of Route H near Naylor was closed due to flooding. A lane of Missouri Route 21 near Doniphan was closed due to flooding. A 72-hour rainfall total of 10.84 inches was reported at the U.S. Forest Service weather observation site near Doniphan. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naylor | - | Emergency management personnel measured a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Naylor | - | A few state highways were closed due to flooding. Highway 142 was closed at Cypress Creek, west of Oxly. State Routes H and W were closed in the vicinity of Highway 142. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Naylor | - | Several state roads were closed, including sections of Highways 142, H, K, NN, and W. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Naylor | - | Golf-ball size hail was observed along Route 142. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Naylor | - | Six to 12 inches of water was across B Highway outside of Naylor. Street flooding occurred in Naylor, but no evacuations were conducted. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Naylor | - | Route H was closed by flooding from Route 142 to the Arkansas state line. Eight families were isolated. Four of the families relocated temporarily, while four others remained stranded. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Naylor | - | Dime size hail covered the ground. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naylor | - | Trees were blown down in Fairdealing, Naylor, and just west of Oxly. Trees landed on houses in Fairdealing. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Naylor | - | Quarter size hail was reported at a convenience store. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Naylor | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Naylor | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Naylor | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Naylor | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riga (historical) | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hemenway | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Oxly | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Martinsburg (historical) | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Torch | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Gamburg | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Glenn | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Fairdealing | 6.1 miles | 12 |
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 Naylor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962725 | 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 735742. 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.
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.







