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Plato, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Roubidoux Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65552. It stands on Doolittle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roby quadrangle.

Plato within Texas County

On record in Plato

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Plato between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,435 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
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
23 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use51 acresMark Twain National ForestCLAY
30 July 2012Natural5.2 acresMark Twain National ForestKFTO
21 May 1997Arson/incendiarism15 acresMark Twain National ForestROCK CREEK ROAD
8 April 2015Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresMark Twain National ForestWEDGEWOOD
2 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestCHICKEN LEG
2 April 1995Debris and open burning3.1 acresMark Twain National ForestPRAIRIE CREEK
19 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestWEDGE
16 April 2004Arson/incendiarism203 acresMark Twain National ForestGRAVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Storms near this place

13 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plato in 13 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
March 2008Flash FloodPlato$1,000,000Six to nine inches of rain fell over Texas County. All areas that experience flooding during periods of excessive rain were flooded. Major damage occurred to county roads and bridges.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPlato$500,000Sixty to 85 mph winds impacted most of Texas County. Thousands of trees were damaged along with more than 200 power poles that were destroyed. Nearly 10,000 power outages were estimated by Intercounty Electric. Numerous outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed. In Gladden, recovery crews worked 15 hours straight to remove storm debris along a one mile stretch of a county road. Hundreds of structures in the community of Licking were damaged. A pavillion structure at the Old City Park was completely flattened by a large tree. Several mobile homes at the Green Acres mobile home park were crushed by downed large trees.
May 2025HailPlato$40,000Report of tennis ball size hail.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindPlato$15,000Downburst winds destroyed a barn near Plato.
June 2024Flash FloodPlato-The Roubidoux Creek near Plato climbed quickly and flooded out of its banks.
April 2023HailPlato-Quarter sized hail was reported.
March 2019HailPlato-Quarter zize hail was reported by the public via social media.
August 2013Heavy RainPlato-Over a six and a half hour span, 4.70 inches of rain was reported.
March 2008FloodPlato-This flooding is a continution of the flash flooding. Widespread flooding continued for several days after the rain ended.
May 2017HailPlato-no account filed
May 2006HailPlato-no account filed
May 2004HailPlato-no account filed
May 2004HailPlato-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Texas 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
Turley4.5 miles15
Roby4.6 miles19
Windy Curve5.2 miles15
Evening Shade6.6 miles19
Roubidoux6.9 miles15
Old Success8.0 miles15
Ladd8.3 miles19
Success8.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751649. 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.