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.
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
Bates-Geers Houselisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1941 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Roby quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Roby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional 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/incendiarism | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 51 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CLAY |
| 30 July 2012 | Natural | 5.2 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | KFTO |
| 21 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ROCK CREEK ROAD |
| 8 April 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WEDGEWOOD |
| 2 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CHICKEN LEG |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PRAIRIE CREEK |
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WEDGE |
| 16 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 203 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GRAVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2004Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Plato | $1,000,000 | Six 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plato | $500,000 | Sixty 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 2025 | Hail | Plato | $40,000 | Report of tennis ball size hail. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plato | $15,000 | Downburst winds destroyed a barn near Plato. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Plato | - | The Roubidoux Creek near Plato climbed quickly and flooded out of its banks. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Plato | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Plato | - | Quarter zize hail was reported by the public via social media. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Plato | - | Over a six and a half hour span, 4.70 inches of rain was reported. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Plato | - | This flooding is a continution of the flash flooding. Widespread flooding continued for several days after the rain ended. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Plato | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Plato | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Plato | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Plato | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turley | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Roby | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Windy Curve | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Evening Shade | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Roubidoux | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Old Success | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ladd | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Success | 8.4 miles | 15 |
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.








