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Pilgrim, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Pilgrim Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65646. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Greenfield quadrangle.

Pilgrim 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 Pilgrim between 1994 and 2020, burning about 86 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
1 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177107-921-06012018-1643
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
15 February 1997Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 January 2018Debris and open burning55 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176130-921-01252018-1221

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pilgrim: 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Logan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Parks QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pilgrim in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
April 2017Flash FloodPilgrim$500,000Several homes and business sustained flood damage across the county. Several roads and bridges were severely damaged or washed away across the county. This report will contain the total dollar estimate for flood damage to infrastructure, businesses, and homes across Dade County.
May 2009Tornado (EF1)Pilgrim$35,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado tracked across a rural section of southeast Dade County. The damage path was intermittent from just south of Fiddler's Ford to Carr Cemetary. The tornado damaged trees and outbuildings along its path.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPilgrim$10,000Trees fell on powerlines and caused fire near house just west of Everton.
May 2025Heavy RainPilgrim-Storm total rainfall amount of 2.85 inches from May 23 through May 27.
December 2021HailPilgrim-Quarter sized hail was reported by the public.
March 2020FloodPilgrim-State Highway k was closed due to flooding at Turn Back Creek.
February 2018FloodPilgrim-State Highway K was closed due to flooding.
August 2018Heavy RainPilgrim-A citizen measured 1.00 inch in 15 minutes, between Everton and Greenfield. An Additional 0.50 inches the second 15 minutes totaling 1.5 inches in 30 minutes.
October 2009Flash FloodPilgrim-Highway K at Turnback Creek was flooded.
September 2007Flash FloodPilgrim-A section of Highway O experienced flooding from Turnback Creek.
May 2017HailPilgrim-no account filed
March 2010HailPilgrim-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 Ford1.4 miles15
Fiddlers Ford2.2 miles17
Dilday Mill2.2 miles15
Turnback (historical)3.6 miles15
South Greenfield3.7 miles17
Pennsboro3.7 miles15
Everton4.0 miles16
Greenfield5.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741152. 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.