Summersville, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Carroll Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65571. The Survey maps it on the Summersville quadrangle. 453 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,234 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSummersville fell from 502 to 453 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 502 | |
| 2020 | 453 | -49 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1946 USGS Summersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Summersville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Summersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Summersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,618 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | BYRANT |
| 15 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220572-10163-07152020-1515 |
| 15 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177258-10163-07152018-1456 |
| 10 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Summersville: 11 past producers, 10 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Barker Bank | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Burton Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1907 | |
| Folsom Alexander Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Haggard Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Jennie Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Lambert Mine | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Lilly Hollow Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1907 | |
| Long and Colby Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| McKenzie Bank No. 2 | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite |
Storms near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summersville in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2026 | Hail | Summersville | $250,000 | Hail to the size of ping pong balls were reported with impacts reported to roofs of homes and businesses, vehicles, equipment and outbuildings. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Summersville | $50,000 | Golf ball size hail broke several car windshields. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Summersville | $30,000 | A NWS survey team found EF-0 damage with maximum winds of 85 mph south of Summersville in Texas County that later tracked into Shannon County. Multiple trees and limbs along the path were uprooted and/or snapped. Additionally, several roofs were damaged, including a barn roof that was partially removed, a metal roof that was removed from its building and blown away, and other buildings that suffered shingle damage. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down on to some homes. A local grocery store lost a roof. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | $20,000 | A barn was destroyed by downburst winds. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | $15,000 | Severe winds associated with a bowing segment of a squall line produced widespread wind damage in a six mile swath from 3 miles west and southwest of Summersville to areas south of Summersville. Roof damage to one home and damage to a trailer home was reported. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | $10,000 | A large tree was reported down on power lines. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | $5,000 | A business had damage to the roof in Summersville. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | $2,000 | Several power lines were blown down in Summersville. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Summersville | - | Public report of a measured rainfall total of 4.84 inches located 1.49 miles south-southwest of Summersville. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | A tree was reported uprooted along Highway JJ. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Summersville | - | This report was from social media with a picture. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Summersville | - | There was a high water rescue at Bethel Road and King Road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | The Karr Kare and convenience store in Summersville had customers report several trees down along a highway near the community. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Summersville | - | Dime to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Summersville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midvale | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hartshorn | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Crest | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Arroll | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Harlow Ford | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Eunice | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cardinal Acres | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Ratcliff Ford | 8.6 miles | 19 |
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 Summersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962755 | 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 727291. 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.












