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Smallett, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It stands on North Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smallett quadrangle. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.

Smallett within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 14 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Smallett between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,330 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National Forest147
12 August 2019Debris and open burning5.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179174-03401-08122019-2052
6 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177291-03437-07062018-1345
14 July 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220571-03437-07142020-1340
13 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2001Arson/incendiarism31 acresMark Twain National ForestARKANSAS VIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas 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 Smallett: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Albert Robison BankIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smallett in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
December 2015FloodSmallett1 killedA 52 year old man was attempting to move cattle to higher ground when he was swept into flood water by the South Spring Creek. This incident occurred near the community of Smallet.
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Smallett$75,000A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado that tracked from four miles southwest of Squires, Missouri to five miles northeast of Squires. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 20 minutes along its nearly nine mile track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 107 mph. This tornado was observed by a local resident, and also presented multiple TDSs on radar. The tornado damaged thousands of trees, a church on Highway 14 and VV and a couple of outbuildings. The tornado tracked northeast from touch down to approximately one mile northeast of Squires, east of Highway 5, before turning and tracking north northeast finally lifting about a half mile north of Highway 14.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSmallett$2,000Several trees were downed on A Highway south of Ava and northwest of Squires.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSmallett-A large tree was down across a road along Highway A.
December 2021Flash FloodSmallett-A water rescue was successfully performed on South Spring Creek at Highway A and County Road 409.
October 2020FloodSmallett-The low water crossing on County Roads 408 and 405 were flooded and impassable along North and South Spring Creek.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSmallett-Multiple 10 inch and larger tree branches broken in Smallett, Mo. Pictures received via social media.
April 2014HailSmallett-no account filed
April 2004HailSmallett-no account filed
April 2003HailSmallett-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSmallett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Rome3.2 miles13
Hest3.7 miles13
Jackson Mill4.6 miles12
Squires4.7 miles14
Roy5.6 miles12
Goodhope6.5 miles12
Arno6.5 miles13
Girdner6.7 miles14

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 SmallettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7543659The 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 758446. 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.