South Greenfield, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65752. It stands on Buffalo Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenfield quadrangle. 122 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.
On record in South Greenfield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Dilday Milllisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresSouth Greenfield grew from 90 to 122 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 90 | |
| 2020 | 122 | +32 (+36%) |
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.
- 1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of South Greenfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230765-921-09092020-1927 |
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230764-921-09092020-1730 |
| 27 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178160-921-08272018-1420 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178157-921-07042018-2215 |
| 10 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230763-921-06122020-1830 |
| 1 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177107-921-06012018-1643 |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220601-921-05052020-2215 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of South Greenfield: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Allen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Logan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rose Lockwood Uarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sons Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Greenfield in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | South Greenfield | 1 killed, $10,000 | A vehicle with two occupants was swept off a low water crossing on County Road 143 at Limestone Creek. One occupant was able to make it to safety but the second, a 65 year old male, drowned. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenfield | $5,000 | A tree was blown on to powerlines just south of Greenfield. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenfield | $5,000 | Powerlines were blown down on a house just southeast of Greenfield. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenfield | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were reported down in the area. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenfield | $1,000 | A powerline was down due to thunderstorm winds south of Greenfield. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenfield | - | Several large tree limbs were reported down on the road. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | South Greenfield | - | A water rescue was performed at a low water crossing near County Roads 132 and 143. |
| March 2021 | Hail | South Greenfield | - | Several reports of quarter sized hail were received via social media. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | South Greenfield | - | A 24 hour rainfall accumulation of 4.60 inches was reported by the public. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenfield | - | A home weather station measured a wind gust of 83 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenfield | - | A few trees were reported down near the intersection of Highways 160 and 39. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | South Greenfield | - | There was 2.00 inches of rain measured. |
| April 2011 | Hail | South Greenfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Funnel Cloud | South Greenfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddlers Ford | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Greenfield | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pennsboro | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Snadon Ford | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pilgrim | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Dilday Mill | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Turnback (historical) | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lockwood | 6.0 miles | 15 |
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 South Greenfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2659960 | 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 729966. 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.






