Palace, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Piney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65552. It lies near Wildcat Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Roby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1941 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Roby quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Roby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Palace between 1993 and 2020, burning about 515 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | SKIDDER |
| 12 July 2020 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220559-10735-07122020-1805 |
| 21 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PUMP STATION ROAD #1 |
| 21 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PUMP STATION ROAD #2 |
| 16 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BALD |
| 3 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ROUND BALE |
| 21 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TWENTY ONE |
| 19 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PIPELINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Palace: 2 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palace in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Palace | $50,000 | An EF1 tornado with peak winds around 90 mph continued from Texas County into southern Pulaski County, including Fort Leonard Wood. In Pulaski County, the tornado damaged outbuildings and uprooted numerous trees. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Palace | - | Heavy rainfall flooded a low water crossing on Highway AW south of Fort Leonard Wood. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Palace | - | Spotters estimated hail from nickle to ping pong ball sized hail fell. |
| November 1995 | Hail | Palace | - | A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball-size hail. There were also several reports of brief tornadoes, none of which could be confirmed. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Palace | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Piney | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Cookville | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Annie (historical) | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Bloodland | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Ross Bridge | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Greenview | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hanna | 9.7 miles | 20 | |
| Buckhorn | 13.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751475. 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.








