Stinson, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65707. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Miller quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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
- 1921 USGS Stotts City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Miller quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Stinson between 1997 and 2020, burning about 124 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177413-05558-07122018-1403 |
| 9 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177145-05558-06092018-1104 |
| 8 May 2018 | Smoking | 3.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177415-05558-05082018-2226 |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177144-05558-04182018-1542 |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177412-05558-04172018-1818 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Stinson: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc & Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Nicholas Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sullivan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stinson in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Stinson | $250,000 | Route DD was closed due to flooding.||The total cost estimate for flooding damages for Lawrence County for this entire episode has been included. This includes roads, bridges, and structures which were affected. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinson | $1,000 | A tree was downed southwest of Everton. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Stinson | - | State Highway DD was closed due to flooding at Turnback Creek. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Stinson | - | The low water crossing on State Highway DD at Turnback Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Stinson | - | State Highway DD is closed due to flooding at Turnback Creek. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Stinson | - | State Highway DD was closed due to flooding along Turnback Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickelville | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Call | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Heatonville | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lawrenceburg | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Olinger | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Spencer | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Miller | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Paris Springs | 5.3 miles | 18 |
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 Stinson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985680 | 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 727117. 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.







