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Thomasville, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Moore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65438. It stands on Middle Fork Eleven Point River. The Survey maps it on the Thomasville quadrangle.

Thomasville within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Thomasville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 364 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
13 September 1996Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178829-07524-05172019-1820
12 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177019-07523-05122018-1630
5 April 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 April 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 1993Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 April 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2007Arson/incendiarism199 acresMark Twain National ForestCAMP HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Thomasville: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Doss and Harper Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Old MineIronPast Producer
Old Russell BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LimoniteIronPast Producer
Unknown - LimoniteIronPast Producer
Virgil BayIronPast Producer1943

Every working recorded in Oregon County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thomasville in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
April 2008Flash FloodThomasville$50,000One to two inches of rain fell over Oregon County. Any areas that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded. The community of Thayer appeared to be impacted the most. Several homes and businesses were flooded. Also in Thayer, a section of Highway 63 was impassable to motorists due to flash flooding.
April 2025Flash FloodThomasville-Missouri Route 99 was closed between Highway 160 and Middle Fork Eleven Point River due to flooding.
April 2025Flash FloodThomasville-Significant flooding was reported in streets and fields around Thomasville.
March 2025HailThomasville-Hail to the size of quarters fell between Birch Tree and Thomasville.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindThomasville-A large tree was reported down.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindThomasville-Several trees were blown down across Highway 99.
June 2014Flash FloodThomasville-The low water crossing on Highway 99 along the Eleven Point River was flooded.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Thomasville-A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado briefly touched down in an open field southeast of Thomasville. The tornado did very little damage, and wind speeds were estimated at 70 mph.
March 2008FloodThomasville-This flooding is a continution of the flash flooding. Widespread flooding continued for several days after the rain ended.
April 2008Flash FloodThomasville-Heavy rain flooded a section of Highway A near its intersection with Fredrick Creek, a section of Highway 142 near its intersection with the Spring River, and another section of Highway 142 near its intersection with the Eleven Point River.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindThomasville-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindThomasville-no account filed
March 2006HailThomasville-no account filed
August 2004HailThomasville-no account filed
May 2003HailThomasville-no account filed
August 2002HailThomasville-no account filed
May 1999HailThomasville-no account filed
June 1997HailThomasville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oregon 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
Royal Oak5.0 miles12
Rover6.6 miles12
Huddleston7.1 miles12
Woodside8.3 miles12
Greer9.6 miles14
Alton9.6 miles12
Elliot Ford10.0 miles12
Hunter Crossing10.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735883. 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.