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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.

Naylor within Ripley County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Naylor 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.

YearPeople Change
2010632
2020440-192 (-30%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

26 since 1992

Regional 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178110-01201-08012018-1609
6 April 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178442-09143-04032019-2015
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178441-09143-04032019-1830
21 April 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1994Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1995Smoking2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ripley County

Storms near this place

24 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Flash FloodNaylor$50,000The 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 2000Thunderstorm WindNaylor$50,000Along 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 1999Tornado (F1)Naylor$30,000National 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 1996Thunderstorm WindNaylor$8,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNaylor$6,000Small trees and a few power lines were blown down along Route 142.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindNaylor$3,000Power lines were blown down.
April 1994HailNaylor$500no account filed
July 2025FloodNaylor-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 2016FloodNaylor-Numerous roads were flooded around the county, including NN Highway on the Carter County line.
May 2016FloodNaylor-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 2016FloodNaylor-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 2015Thunderstorm WindNaylor-Emergency management personnel measured a wind gust to 60 mph.
April 2014Flash FloodNaylor-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 2013FloodNaylor-Several state roads were closed, including sections of Highways 142, H, K, NN, and W.
May 2011HailNaylor-Golf-ball size hail was observed along Route 142.
May 2007Flash FloodNaylor-Six to 12 inches of water was across B Highway outside of Naylor. Street flooding occurred in Naylor, but no evacuations were conducted.
May 2007FloodNaylor-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 2006HailNaylor-Dime size hail covered the ground.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNaylor-Trees were blown down in Fairdealing, Naylor, and just west of Oxly. Trees landed on houses in Fairdealing.
June 2001HailNaylor-Quarter size hail was reported at a convenience store.
April 2014HailNaylor-no account filed
May 2011HailNaylor-no account filed
April 2004HailNaylor-no account filed
May 1999HailNaylor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ripley 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
Riga (historical)2.9 miles11
Hemenway3.1 miles11
Oxly4.6 miles11
Martinsburg (historical)4.7 miles11
Torch4.7 miles11
Gamburg4.7 miles12
Glenn5.3 miles11
Fairdealing6.1 miles12

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 NaylorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q962725The 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.