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Purvis, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Jasper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65079. It lies near John Hill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sunrise Beach quadrangle.

Purvis within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Purvis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,726 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Debris and open burning74
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178228-01509-09042018-2000
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179146-01509-09202019-2005
11 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261559-01502-08062020-2215
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177815-01502-08042018-1405
24 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179840-01509-08242019-1421
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178205-01509-08232018-1152

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Purvis: 20 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Iron, Lead, Zinc. 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
Brush Creek DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Caldwell Martin + Co DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Carrol BankIronPast Producer
Furnace BankIronPast Producer
Hays Hibden + Co DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Mcdonald Ranch ProspectBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Bond Lead DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Bond Tunnel MineLeadPast Producer
Bonds MinesLeadPast Producer
Lead Hill DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Purvis in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPurvis$25,000Thunderstorm wind gusts blew a roof off of a house.
June 2015Flash FloodPurvis$1,000A barn and several roads were flooded.
May 2024HailPurvis-Mping report of quarter size hail.
October 2019Heavy RainPurvis-The CoCoRaHS station mo-cm-20 1 near Laurie reported 2.93 inches of rainfall.
April 2017Heavy RainPurvis-Rainfall of 1.34 inches was measured in about 2 hours.
August 2017Heavy RainPurvis-A 24 hour rainfall total of 8.50 inches was measured near Laurie.
December 2015Heavy RainPurvis-There was a report of 5.07 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.

Every storm recorded in Camden 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
Sunrise Beach1.9 miles22
Hurricane Deck2.6 miles22
Green Bay Terrace5.7 miles22
Four Seasons6.1 miles25
Friedenswald6.9 miles22
Barnumton7.3 miles20
Old Linn Creek7.6 miles22
Damsel7.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725009. 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.