Trail, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65638. It lies near Stephens Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gentryville quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 13 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.
- 1937 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gentryville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Trail between 1992 and 2020, burning about 711 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230713-07726-09172020-1550 |
| 13 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 37 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 August 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Trail: 1 prospect. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Skiles | Iron | Prospect | 1953 |
Storms near this place
6 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trail in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Lightning | Trail | $200,000 | Dora, Eastern Douglas County and Caney Mountain volunteer fire departments worked together July 26 to extinguish a house fire on Tetrick Lane. The firefighters were able to extinguish the flames before the house burned to the ground, but the home was a complete loss. The report was made to the Ozark County Sheriffs Department at 2:55 p.m. The fire was a result of a lightning strike that entered the structure through telephone lines, according to the Dora VFD. |
| October 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Trail | $100,000 | A National Weather Service survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado started near Bryant Creek to the southwest of Dora in northern Ozark County before crossing into southeastern Douglas County finally lifting northeast of Dora. The tornado heavily damaged numerous outbuildings and trees along Highway CC southwest of Dora. Two mobile homes were also damaged along Highway CC, with one of the mobile homes losing a roof and being pulled off its foundation. The tornado then crossed into Douglas County just north of County Road 382 just east of Highway 181 and continued for another 7 miles. The tornado was on the ground for a total of 12 minutes the first 6 of which were in Ozark County. The total path length was 13.05 miles with a maximum wind of 105 mph, and a maximum path width of 1/4 mile. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail | $5,000 | Multiple large trees were reported dawn with one tree on a home causing minor damage. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail | $1,000 | A report from social media indicated several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 2019 | Heavy Rain | Trail | - | The Mesonet station DW1762 at Dora reported 3.20 inches of rainfall. |
| November 2015 | Heavy Rain | Trail | - | There was a report of 2.33 inches of rainfall measured in 24 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toccoa | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bird Springs | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dora | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cross Roads | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sycamore | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Brixey | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Zanoni | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rockbridge | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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 Trail | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3469225 | 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 741328. 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.










