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Trask, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hutton Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65548. The Survey maps it on the Trask quadrangle.

Trask within Howell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Trask between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1,281 acres in total. 1 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 burning23
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1

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
19 September 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 April 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 April 1998Arson/incendiarism295 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 1992Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1994Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Trask: 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold. 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
Spears Gold MineGoldProspect
Golf Course Iron Ore ProspectIronProspect
Mayberry TractIronOccurrenceLimonite
Nancy Hatcher PropertyIronPast Producer1904
O E Ulrich ProspectIronProspect
Spiva BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronProspect

Every working recorded in Howell County

Storms near this place

9 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trask in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
May 2024Tornado (EF3)Trask5 hurt, $1,500,000NWS Storm Survey concluded that a low end EF-3 tornado with peak wind speeds near 140 mph started 7 miles west northwest of Mountain View in Howell County and travelled east for almost 13 miles before lifting north of Montier in Shannon County. This storm in Howell County severely damaged three homes and completely destroyed a manufactured home, damaged several businesses, and multiple outbuildings were also heavily damaged or destroyed before moving into Shannon County.
May 2009Tornado (EF2)Trask$2,000,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-2 tornado tracked across rural sections of northern Howell County. The tornado damaged several homes and outbuildings. Numerous trees were also uprooted from the tornado. This tornado continued into southeastern Texas County.
May 2025HailTrask$10,000Report of Golf Ball size hail.
March 2015Tornado (EF0)Trask$5,000A NWS storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado briefly touched down approximately 6 miles west northwest of Mountain View. One half of a roof from a barn was blown off to towards the west. A 12 by 7 foot greenhouse was rolled over to the north. Approximately 20 trees were snapped in various directions. Winds were estimated up to 80 mph.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindTrask-A large tree was reported down on State Highway V south of Highway 60.
December 2021FloodTrask-Highway RA at Sims Valley Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2020HailTrask-Half dollar sized hail was reported via MPing.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindTrask-Trees were reported down across Highway 17.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTrask-Several large tree limbs were reported down. The report was received via social media.

Every storm recorded in Howell 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
Hutton Valley4.5 miles14
Mountain View5.3 miles12
Turnerville5.5 miles19
Chapel7.3 miles12
Peace Valley8.0 miles12
White Church8.8 miles12
Willow Springs9.0 miles14
Burnham9.0 miles14

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 TraskAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27985366The 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 727762. 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.