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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1936 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | P HIGHWAY |
| 23 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PJ WF |
| 2 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | FIREBALL |
| 30 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WESTERN STAR |
| 27 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | LITTLE BOULDER |
| 2 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | LYNX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Elbow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jerome Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Agricultural College Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Browns Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Tornado (EF3) | Powellville | $110,000 | A 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 2018 | Hail | Powellville | - | Ping pong ball size hail was reported by the public via social media. Time was estimated via radar. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Powellville | - | Route A was closed due to flooding near Mill Creek. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Powellville | - | Route AA in west central Phelps County was closed in the vicinity of Mill Creek due to flooding. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Powellville | - | The public reported golf ball sized hail. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Powellville | - | Route J near the Big Piney River was closed due to flooding. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Powellville | - | Route J was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clementine | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Arlington | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Jerome | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Table Rock | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Sugartree | 5.9 miles | 25 | |
| Newburg | 6.2 miles | 25 | |
| Doolittle | 7.9 miles | 25 | |
| Westcott (historical) | 8.4 miles | 25 |
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.









