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Pennsboro, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in South Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65752. It sits by Snadon Bluff. The Survey maps it on the South Greenfield quadrangle.

Pennsboro within Dade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Pennsboro between 1994 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230765-921-09092020-1927
19 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220601-921-05052020-2215
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176936-921-04242018-1430
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220598-921-03072020-1535
18 March 1994Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 November 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 October 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pennsboro: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Allen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Logan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rose Lockwood UarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pennsboro in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
August 2007Flash FloodPennsboro$2,300,000The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin caused flash flooding across central and southern sections of Dade County. Locations that flooded include sections of Highway 39 near Pennsboro and north of Greenfield, a section of County Road NN near the Dade and Lawrence county line, a section of Highway 97 south of Lockwood, several sections of Highway K between Pennsboro and Everton, a section of Highway 160 near its intersection with Highway 245, a section of Highway O just east of its intersection with Highway 160, and a section of Highway U east of its intersection with Highway 245.
September 2011LightningPennsboro$55,000A local newspaper reported a lightning strike killed 62 steers near Pennsboro. The livestock were standing near a tree which was struck by the lightning bolt.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPennsboro$10,000Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over power poles and trees along Highway 39 south of Pennsboro.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPennsboro$5,000Trees were down off State Highway Z south of Greenfield.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPennsboro$5,000Trees down just southeast of Greenfield.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPennsboro-Multiple trees were reported down blocking Highway WW.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPennsboro-The fire department reported strong winds on Highway 39 at the Dade and Lawrence county line.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPennsboro-Several large branches were reported down.
July 2010Flash FloodPennsboro-High water flooded a low water crossing at Farm Road 182 about a half mile west of Missouri Highway 39.
April 2012HailPennsboro-no account filed
March 2006HailPennsboro-no account filed
May 2003HailPennsboro-no account filed
August 2001Flash FloodPennsboro-no account filed
August 2001HailPennsboro-no account filed
December 1999HailPennsboro-no account filed
May 1998HailPennsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dade 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
Snadon Ford2.5 miles15
Turnback (historical)2.7 miles15
New Kirk2.7 miles15
Dilday Mill2.8 miles15
South Greenfield3.4 miles17
Pilgrim3.7 miles15
Fiddlers Ford4.3 miles17
Kings Point5.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724209. 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.