BlockPeach Orchard, Missouri
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Little River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63848. The Survey maps it on the Bragg City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1940 USGS Pascola quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Pascola quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Bragg City quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peach Orchard in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peach Orchard | $300,000 | The macroburst that struck Dunklin and caused widespread damage in southern New Madrid County then spread into northern Pemiscot County causing widespread damage in Wardell. Trees fell on houses. Numerous power lines were knocked down. A mobile home was blown over and several buildings were damaged. Several homes suffered roof damage. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Peach Orchard | $100 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peach Orchard | - | Straight line winds knocked tree limbs and power lines down across Pemiscot County. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peach Orchard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gidson | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Keokuk (historical) | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Homestown | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Wardell | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Garver | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| North Wardell | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bragg City | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Yama | 7.3 miles | 8 |
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 Peach Orchard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3470961 | 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 724142. 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.
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.