Violet, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65663. The Survey maps it on the Polk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1884 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Polk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Polk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Violet between 1994 and 2011, burning about 506 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 March 1998 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Violet: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcreynolds Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Fireclay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Violet in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Violet | $250,000 | Eight low water crossings were flooded along the Pomme De Terre River. Six other county roads were flooded at low water crossing throughout the county.||The total cost estimate for flooding damages for Polk County for this entire episode has been included. This includes roads, bridges, and structures which were affected. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Violet | $50,000 | Several county roads were reported flooded and damaged across the northern portions of Polk County. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Violet | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Violet | - | A couple large trees were blown down across South 150th Road. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Violet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey (historical) | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Huron | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Goodson | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Burns | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Polk | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Halfway | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bolivar | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mohawk Corner | 6.3 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728212. 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.







