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Parks, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Neely Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63945. It lies near Rattlesnake Knob. The Survey maps it on the Naylor quadrangle.

Parks within Butler County

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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Parks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
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
9 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation189937-01201-09112019-1354
1 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178110-01201-08012018-1609
19 April 1994Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177189-01201-04182018-1144
15 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251218-01201-04152020-1812
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177187-01201-04122018-1957
10 April 1995Smoking2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Parks: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

5 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parks in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2025Tornado (EF2)Parks$1,400,000An EF-4 tornado that started in Arkansas lifted northeast through Ripley County and into Butler County just north of U.S. 160 east of Fairdealing. The tornado produced EF-2 damage as it briefly moved east, paralleling U.S. 160, and then turned northeast, dissipating just south of Lone Hill. The most significant damage was along County Road 488 where it destroyed one house and did major roof damage to a few others. It also snapped dozens of trees and an wooden power pole in that area. The estimated peak wind was 132 mph. The total path length of the tornado was 118 miles.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Parks$275,000An EF-2 tornado (max of EF-1 in Butler County) began in far southeast Oregon County, then tracked northeastward across the entirety of Ripley County before entering Butler County just north of US-160. The track continued into the western edge of Poplar Bluff with minor roof and shingle damage to homes. Hundreds of trees were uprooted and snapped along the tornado track. Several homes sustained gutter and shingle damage. Estimated peak winds with the Butler County portion of this tornado were 105 mph.
March 2025Tornado (EF0)Parks$40,000An EF-1 tornado began in Ripley County two miles east northeast of Oxly and moved eastward crossing into Butler County just north of the Little Black River. It caused EF-0 damage along its path in Butler County. It caused damage to the roof of a mobile home and shingle damage to another house. It also damaged several trees along its path. The tornado crossed Highway 67 and ended about three miles south southwest of Harviell. The estimated peak wind was 85 mph. The total path length was about 8.5 miles. Sporadic 70-80 mph straight line winds occurred south of the tornado track.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindParks$35,000A line of thunderstorms moving eastward into Butler County snapped telephone poles, downed large tree limbs, and produced structural damage to storage barns. A 60 mph wind gust was measured near the intersection of County Rd MM and US-67.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindParks$1,000Medium-size tree branches were blown down near U.S. Highway 160 near the Ripley County line.

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Kremlin Mill1.2 miles12
Gheen1.4 miles11
Taft2.1 miles12
Hubbells3.2 miles11
Booser (historical)3.7 miles11
Angus4.6 miles14
Neelyville4.8 miles11
Sims (historical)5.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741138. 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.