Plainview, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pineville North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64831. The Survey maps it on the McNatt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Noel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Noel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS McNatt quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,588 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179183-07353-04092019-1350 |
| 9 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plainview in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Plainview | 2 hurt, $25,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado impacted rural sections of McDonald County. Several trees were snapped or uprooted. One large tree fell on a house causing structural damage along with two injuries. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Plainview | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a large tree across the road causing a vehicle accident. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wylie | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Meadors Ford | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| McCullough Ford | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bethpage | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cyclone | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Deep Ford | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Crag O Lea | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| McNatt | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724454. 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.
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.






