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Thornfield, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Thornfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65762. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thornfield quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.

Thornfield within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Thornfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,439 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 April 2013Arson/incendiarism8.6 acresMark Twain National ForestGOGAN
6 April 2013Arson/incendiarism6.2 acresMark Twain National ForestSECTION 19
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresMark Twain National ForestBUZZARD
20 April 1994Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
2 April 2010Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresMark Twain National ForestWALLACE 2
15 April 1995Arson/incendiarism44 acresMark Twain National ForestARROWHEAD
14 April 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARSHFIELD 2
10 April 1993Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Thornfield: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Bradley LandIronProspect
Newton Mining Co LandIronProspect

Every working recorded in Ozark County

Storms near this place

24 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thornfield in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 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
August 2013Thunderstorm WindThornfield$50,000Numerous trees and power poles were blown down along with numerous power outages.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindThornfield$10,000Severe winds associated with a line of thunderstorms removed shingles from the roof of a home and a barn. Several large cedar trees were uprooted with damage to other trees occurring as well.
May 2025Heavy RainThornfield-Storm total rainfall amount of 8.60 inches from May 23 through May 27.
April 2024Flash FloodThornfield-The Little North Fork River at Thornfield exceeded flood stage, rising nearly 10 feet in less than two hours due to heavy rainfall.
November 2024Heavy RainThornfield-The Mesonet station TFDM7 at Thornfield measured a 24-hour rainfall total of 8.64 inches.
May 2022HailThornfield-Quarter sized hail was reported.
July 2022Flash FloodThornfield-The little North Fork River at Thornfield reached flood stage impacting the low water crossing. The river rose four feet in a short period of time.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindThornfield-A large tree was uprooted and blocking the road on JJ Highway. Additional trees were blocking Highway 95 between Highway 5 and Thornfield.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindThornfield-Several large tree limbs were blown down in Thornfield.
April 2017Flash FloodThornfield-Highway D north of Thornfield was flooded and impassable.
November 2015FloodThornfield-A portion of Highway 95 in northwest Ozark County was flooded and impassable.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindThornfield-A large tree was blown down and blocked a portion of Highway 95.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindThornfield-A tree was blown down near Route JJ and Highway 95.
May 2010FloodThornfield-A low water crossing on state Highway 95 was flooded and closed.
November 2005Flash FloodThornfield-Creeks reported out of their banks. Rainfall amount of 3.75 inches reported.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindThornfield-Several tree limbs were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindThornfield-Large tree was down along Highway D near Thornfield.
May 2018HailThornfield-no account filed
May 2018HailThornfield-no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindThornfield-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindThornfield-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindThornfield-no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindThornfield-no account filed
September 1996HailThornfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ozark 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
Hammond2.4 miles13
Pondfork2.7 miles13
Summit City3.2 miles13
Foil3.5 miles14
Toledo4.7 miles14
Nottinghill5.3 miles13
Longrun5.3 miles13
Noble5.4 miles13

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 ThornfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3470978The 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 752535. 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.