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Powellville, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Arlington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65550. The Survey maps it on the Dixon quadrangle.

Powellville within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Powellville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 925 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
4 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestP HIGHWAY
23 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPJ WF
2 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestFIREBALL
30 July 2017Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresMark Twain National ForestWESTERN STAR
27 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLITTLE BOULDER
2 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLYNX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Powellville: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Devils Elbow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jerome Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Agricultural College LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
Browns ProspectIronProspect
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Phelps County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powellville in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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
January 2008Tornado (EF3)Powellville$110,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-3 tornado tracked into northeast Phelps County. The tornado impacted areas on the northern edge of Jerome destroying one home and several oubuildings.
June 2018HailPowellville-Ping pong ball size hail was reported by the public via social media. Time was estimated via radar.
November 2015FloodPowellville-Route A was closed due to flooding near Mill Creek.
March 2013FloodPowellville-Route AA in west central Phelps County was closed in the vicinity of Mill Creek due to flooding.
March 2012HailPowellville-The public reported golf ball sized hail.
October 2009Flash FloodPowellville-Route J near the Big Piney River was closed due to flooding.
October 2009Flash FloodPowellville-Route J was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Phelps 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
Clementine0.9 miles20
Arlington3.1 miles25
Jerome3.2 miles25
Table Rock5.2 miles25
Sugartree5.9 miles25
Newburg6.2 miles25
Doolittle7.9 miles25
Westcott (historical)8.4 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751738. 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.