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Success, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Upton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65570. The Survey maps it on the Success quadrangle. It stands 1,404 feet above sea level.

Success within Texas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Success between 1992 and 2020, burning about 965 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6

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
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPADDY CHAPEL #1
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestPADDY CHAPEL
22 May 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestVADA
13 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined32 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism89 acresMark Twain National ForestCRANE
4 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBELL ROAD
4 April 2005Debris and open burning138 acresMark Twain National ForestSUCCESS
28 April 2004Debris and open burning34 acresMark Twain National ForestCHINOOK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Texas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Success: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin. 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
Unknown - ClayKaolinPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Texas County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Success in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024Flash FloodSuccess$30,000The Fire Department conducted a water rescue on Highway 17 between Roby and Success. The road was under construction, and developed large pot holes due to the flood waters washing away the roadway.
March 2019HailSuccess$20,000Hail to the size of tennis balls fell in a rural part of Texas County. A home received roof damage and two vehicles were damaged.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindSuccess$3,000Roby Fire Department reported several trees down and blocking Highway 17 between Roby and Success.
April 2023HailSuccess-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindSuccess-Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a porch and uprooted a few trees.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSuccess-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree on Highway AW.
May 2018HailSuccess-no account filed
April 2011HailSuccess-no account filed
February 2006HailSuccess-no account filed
May 2006HailSuccess-no account filed
November 2006HailSuccess-no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodSuccess-no account filed
September 2000HailSuccess-no account filed
May 1996HailSuccess-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindSuccess-no account filed
August 1995HailSuccess-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Texas 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
Old Success1.0 miles15
Mitchells Corner2.5 miles15
Vada2.7 miles15
Ellis Prairie3.3 miles15
Roubidoux3.5 miles15
Windy Curve3.6 miles15
Ellsworth4.1 miles15
Turley5.0 miles15

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 SuccessAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3470924The 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 752407. 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.