Schofield, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in South Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65663. The Survey maps it on the Halfway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Half Way quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Schofield between 1997 and 2019, burning about 184 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schofield in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schofield | $5,000 | A report of damage to a barn roof was reported at south 210th Road and Highway YY. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Schofield | - | Quarter size hail was reported 3 miles west of Foose in Polk County. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Schofield | - | Social media report of quarter size hail south of Halfway. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Schofield | - | State Highway EE and State Highway H were closed due to flooded roads. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Schofield | - | A water rescue occurred on Highway H at the North Deer Creek Low water crossing. No injuries were reported. |
| October 2022 | Hail | Schofield | - | Nickle sized hail was reported. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Schofield | - | Roads between Highway 65 and Highway H along EE were flooded and impassable. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Schofield | - | Highway YY was flooded and impassable at North Deer Creek. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Schofield | - | Highway H was flooded near Highway EE north of Pleasant Hope. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Schofield | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail was reported at Highway YY and Highway H. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Schofield | - | A NWS survey indicated that an EF-1 tornado touched down near the Polk and Dallas county line near the intersection of Highway EE and South 245th Road. Additional details of the track and damage will be in the Dallas County portion of this report as only tree damage occurred for the Polk County portion of the tornado track. |
| February 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Schofield | - | Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud at 490th Road and 178th Road. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Schofield | - | Highway EE and several other low water crossings flooded in the Pleasant Hope area. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schofield | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Schofield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rex | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Van | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rock Prairie | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Halfway | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Sunset | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Burns | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Tin Town | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Pleasant Hope | 7.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741245. 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.






