Shook, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lost Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63944. It stands on Shook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shook quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 19 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.
- 1934 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Shook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Shook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 711 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HICKORY FLAT |
| 1 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | D-HIGHWAY |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 April 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Shook: 12 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminole Ag-Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface | |
| Jines Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mason & Clarkson Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Mayberry Tract | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Moss & Clarkson Land | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Neighbors Land | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Northwestern Consolidated Land # 1 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Northwestern Consolidated Land # 2 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Northwestern Consolidated Land # 3 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Northwestern Consolidated Land # 4 | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shook in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shook | $35,000 | A large portion of the roof was blown off a big wooden barn. A window pane was blown out of a house, and a few shingles were blown off. Numerous trees were blown down, blocking access to the area. One tree fell on an old abandoned camper, destroying it. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Shook | $20,000 | This tornado touched down in the heavily forested county of Wayne, just a few miles north of the community of Shook. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado passed mainly through wooded country during the Wayne County portion of its path. The tornado then crossed into Bollinger County. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shook | $20,000 | Broken power poles were reported in the Lost Creek area. State road crews removed several trees and limbs from state roads. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Shook | $5,000 | A water rescue was conducted on County Road 505 near Shook, where a small SUV was stalled in floodwater. Emergency crews used ropes to rescue two women and two children, who were uninjured. The vehicle was stranded in about two feet of water on a low water bridge. County Road 505 was closed due to flooding in the Lost Creek area. Elsewhere, water was over Route TT in several locations in the southern part of the county. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shook | $4,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Shook | - | The hail occurred at the intersection of P and TT Highways. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Shook | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Shook | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Shook | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Shook | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Creek Landing | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Chaonia (historical) | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Kime | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Holliday Landing | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| McGee | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Ferrys (historical) | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wappapello | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lowndes | 7.7 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Shook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471104 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752136. 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.













