Pine Crest, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Date Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65571. The Survey maps it on the Pine Crest quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1946 USGS Summersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Summersville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Pine Crest quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Pine Crest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,623 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | BUCK |
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 1993 | Fireworks | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | BLUESPRING |
| 6 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200503-10163-05022020-1300 |
| 2 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 37 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 123730-10100-05022015-1532 |
| 10 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Pine Crest: 16 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Anderson Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Barker Bank | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Bennett-Smith Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1907 | |
| Berry Wm. Land No. 1 | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Berry Wm. Land No.2 | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Folsom Alexander Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Garrison Tract | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Jines Bank | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Crest in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Pine Crest | 2 hurt, $500,000 | This tornado is a continuation of the Howell County tornado. A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-2 tornado entered southeastern Texas County from northern Howell County. The tornado tracked across rural portions of southeastern Texas County, destroying one home and several outbuildings. Two injuries occurred to the residents of the home. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado eventually tracked into west central Shannon County. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Pine Crest | - | The CoCoRaHS station MO-TX-44 located 3.6 miles south of Summersville measured a 2-day rainfall total of 10.77 inches. |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | Pine Crest | - | Rainfall totals over a 24 hour period were measured at 5.50 inches in the town of Summersville and 4.02 at a CoCoRAHS site 3 miles south of town. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Pine Crest | - | There was flash flooding along the Upper Jacks Fork River across much of southeast Texas County and western Shannon County. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Crest | - | A tree was blown down. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Crest | - | A tree was blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Crest | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Pine Crest | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Acres | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Harlow Ford | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ratcliff Ford | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Arroll | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Summersville | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hattie | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Guild | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Midvale | 9.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724376. 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.












