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Odin, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65667. It stands on Bowman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hartville quadrangle.

Odin within Wright 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Odin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 April 2002Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2000Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 April 2000Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 April 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright 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 Odin: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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
Prock DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Odin in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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
June 2015Flash FloodOdin$50,000Route 38 was closed due to flooding. Two houses were flooded in the Odin area along the Woods Fork of the Gasconade River.
March 2025Tornado (EF1)Odin$25,000An EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 mph continued into Wright County near Duncan. In Wright County the tornado uprooted numerous trees and damaged outbuildings. The tornado ended near Highway Z north of Hartville.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindOdin$10,000A few outbuildings were damaged from thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindOdin-A spotter reported winds estimated at 60 mph.
May 2022HailOdin-Quarter sized hail was reported.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindOdin-Several trees were reported down.
May 2020HailOdin-Golf ball sized hail was reported in a mainly rural area.
June 2015FloodOdin-State Route 38 along the West Fork of the Gasconade River was flooded and closed.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOdin-Multiple trees were reported snapped.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOdin-Multiple trees were reported snapped off above the ground.
October 2009Flash FloodOdin-Highway 38 near the Wright and Webster county line was washed out.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindOdin-A severe thunderstorm produced straight line winds which downed several trees 7 miles west of Hartville.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindOdin-A National Weather Service storm survey determined that straight line winds associated with a severe thunderstorm caused significant tree damage.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindOdin-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree on a gravel road near Odin.
April 1998Flash FloodOdin-Heavy rainfall caused flooded over low water bridges in the Odin area of west central Wright county.
May 2009HailOdin-no account filed
April 2007HailOdin-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindOdin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright 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
New Grove2.9 miles12
Duncan4.0 miles12
Rembert (historical)4.1 miles12
Midway4.2 miles12
Boyer4.8 miles12
Antrim5.6 miles12
Loring5.8 miles12
Hartville5.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 723700. 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.