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Rayborn, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65711. It lies near Prairie Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Dawson quadrangle.

Rayborn within Wright County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Rayborn between 1992 and 2016, burning about 260 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1

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
6 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 1997Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 August 1993Debris and open burning28 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rayborn: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

44 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rayborn in 44 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 28 flood, 12 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2015Flash FloodRayborn$250,000Route E near Buzzard Bluff Access and the Gasconade River was closed because of flash flooding. This storm report will contain the overall storm damage estimates across Wright County for this storm event. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
April 2026FloodRayborn-State Highway E at the Gasconade River was closed due to flooding.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Rayborn-An NWS storm survey and public drone video determined an EF-1 with 80-90 mph winds uprooted numerous trees starting near the intersection of Highway 38 and Highway E to the east of Hartville...then intermittently across fields south of Highway 38 and before crossing the Highway to the north of Latham Mill and then into the Dove Creek basin. It is unknown whether the path continued further into a wooded area west of Rayborn. Trees showed a convergent fall pattern as the tornado crossed the highway and through creek. Maximum winds were 90 mph and the width was 400 yards with 80-90 mph winds uprooted numerous trees starting near the intersection of Highway 38 and Highway E to the east of Hartville...then intermittently across fields south of Highway 38 and before crossing the Highway to the north of Latham Mill and then|into the Dove Creek basin. It is unknown whether the path continued further into a wooded area west of Rayborn. Trees showed a convergent fall pattern as the tornado crossed the highway and through the creek basin. Maximum winds were 90 mph and the width was 400 yards.
April 2025FloodRayborn-State Highway E was closed due to flooding on the Gasconade River.
June 2025Flash FloodRayborn-Flooding was occurring at state highway E and the Gasconade River.
August 2024FloodRayborn-Highway E northeast of Hartville was closed due to flooding.
April 2024FloodRayborn-State Highway E was closed due to flooding along the Gasconade River.
December 2024FloodRayborn-State Highway E was closed due to flooding at the Gasconade River.
June 2024Flash FloodRayborn-State Highway E is closed due to flooding at the Gasconade River.
June 2024Flash FloodRayborn-State Highway E is closed due to flooding at the Gasconade River.
August 2024Flash FloodRayborn-Route E was flooded at the Gasconade River.
March 2023FloodRayborn-North Highway E at the Gasconade River was flooded and impassable.
March 2023FloodRayborn-Highway E at the Gasconade River was flooded and impassable.
May 2023Flash FloodRayborn-Route E at the Gasconade River was closed due to flooding.
February 2022FloodRayborn-Highway E at the Gasconade River was flooded and impassable due to high water.
April 2022FloodRayborn-Highway E at a low water crossing at the Gasconade River was flooded and impassable.
May 2022FloodRayborn-Route E at the Gasconade River was flooded and impassable.
January 2021Flash FloodRayborn-Heavy rainfall caused the Gasconade River to flood making Highway E impassable.
March 2021FloodRayborn-The low water crossing on Highway E at The Gasconade River was closed due to flooding.
March 2020FloodRayborn-State Highway EE was closed due to flooding at the Gasconade River.
March 2020FloodRayborn-State Highway E was closed due to flooding on Coon Creek.
March 2020FloodRayborn-State Highway E at the Gasconade River was closed due to flooding.
May 2020FloodRayborn-Highway E was closed due to flooding at the Gasconade River low water crossing.
June 2020Flash FloodRayborn-State Highway E was closed due to flooding at the Gasconade River.
June 2020Heavy RainRayborn-The CoCoRAHS station MO-WT-14 reported 2.46 inches of rainfall.
November 2020FloodRayborn-State Highway E was closed due to flooding at the Gasconade River.
February 2019FloodRayborn-Route E was closed due to flooding.
February 2018FloodRayborn-State Highway E was closed due to flooding.
August 2018FloodRayborn-The road was closed due to flooding on Route E at the Gasconade River Crossing.
April 2017FloodRayborn-Route E was closed about one mile north of Route 38 due to flooding along the Gasconade River.
April 2017FloodRayborn-Route E was flooded at the Gasconade River.
April 2017Flash FloodRayborn-Route E was impassable and closed due to flooding.
May 2016FloodRayborn-Route E was closed due to flooding in eastern Wright County.
July 2016FloodRayborn-State Highway E at the Gasconade River was closed due to flooding.
June 2015FloodRayborn-Route E along the Gasconade River was flooded and closed.
May 2015FloodRayborn-State Highway E was closed due to flooding.
July 2015Flash FloodRayborn-Route E was closed due to flooding of the Gasconade River.
November 2015FloodRayborn-Highway E was closed just north of Highway 38 near Whetstone and Dove Creeks.
February 2013FloodRayborn-MODOT reported that the low water crossing along Highway E was flooded.
April 2013Flash FloodRayborn-Several low water crossings were flooded across the county.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRayborn-Several trees were blown down across Route 38 between Route 95 and State Highway E.
January 2010FloodRayborn-A low water crossing, on Route E, was flooded and impassable.
February 2008Flash FloodRayborn-Numerous locations flooded county wide. A few of these locations included a section of Highway 38 near its intersection with Beaver Creek, a section of Highway E near its intersections with Highway 38, a two mile section of Highway AB beginning at Highway 5, and a section of Highway Z northeast of Hartville.
May 1996HailRayborn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright 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
Latham Mill2.1 miles16
Grimes Mill2.2 miles16
Green Mountain2.8 miles17
Rail2.8 miles17
Graff4.1 miles17
Dawson4.2 miles17
Talmage4.4 miles16
Maines5.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751814. 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.