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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bado quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Success quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Success quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PADDY CHAPEL #1 |
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | PADDY CHAPEL |
| 22 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | VADA |
| 13 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 89 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CRANE |
| 4 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BELL ROAD |
| 4 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 138 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SUCCESS |
| 28 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CHINOOK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Success | $30,000 | The 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 2019 | Hail | Success | $20,000 | Hail 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Success | $3,000 | Roby Fire Department reported several trees down and blocking Highway 17 between Roby and Success. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Success | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Success | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a porch and uprooted a few trees. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Success | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree on Highway AW. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Success | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Success | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Hail | Success | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Success | - | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Hail | Success | - | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Success | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Success | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Success | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Success | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Success | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Success | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mitchells Corner | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Vada | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Ellis Prairie | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Roubidoux | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Windy Curve | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Ellsworth | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Turley | 5.0 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 Success | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3470924 | 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 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.







