BlockSpring Grove, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65644. The Survey maps it on the Charity 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 Charity quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Spring Grove between 1994 and 2017, burning about 471 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 259 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | TURKEY BAIT FIRE |
| 24 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Grove in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Spring Grove | 1 killed | A 48 year old male was swept off of Bannon Road due to flash flooding along Opossum Creek. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Grove | $5,000 | A large hardwood tree was blown over onto a 5th wheel camper causing minor damage. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Grove | $5,000 | A large tree was uprooted and fell on the corner of a home causing minor damage to the roof and guttering. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hico (historical) | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Charity | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| March | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Boyd | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Gaunt Ford (historical) | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Thorpe | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Limekiln Ford (historical) | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cloverdale | 5.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741279. 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.