Spring Fork, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Flat Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65301. It stands on Cheese Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bahner quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1887 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Bahner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Spring Fork between 1992 and 2019, burning about 178 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178039-08048-03032018-1543 |
| 16 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178407-08048-03162019-1355 |
| 6 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 89 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176086-00807-02162018-1406 |
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 Spring Fork: 6 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wadleigh Quarry South | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wasson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Fork in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 8 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Fork | - | Social media drone photos showing a flattened corn field from straight-line winds as well as a downed power line near U.S. Highway 65 and Manila Road. Several downed tree limbs in the area as well. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Spring Fork | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Spring Fork | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Spring Fork | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Spring Fork | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Spring Fork | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Spring Fork | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Spring Fork | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Spring Fork | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manila | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Bahner | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Sedalia | 8.7 miles | 22 | |
| Green Ridge | 9.5 miles | 19 | |
| Smithton | 10.4 miles | 18 | |
| Georgetown | 12.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bryson | 12.7 miles | 19 | |
| Dresden | 13.0 miles | 23 |
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 Spring Fork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7580496 | 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 741278. 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.








