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Whitakerville, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Tom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65355. It stands on North Fork Blue Branch. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw East quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.

Whitakerville within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Whitakerville between 1992 and 2016, burning about 798 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
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
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined281 acresMissouri Department of ConservationSHOCKMAN
1 May 2015Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation124270-00810-05012015-1530
6 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation122650-00805-03052015-1545

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Whitakerville: 11 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Lead, 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
Blackman MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Carpenter BankIronPast Producer
Richwoods BankIronPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Unknown - Lead-BariteBarium-Barite, LeadProspect
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Phillips QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

13 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitakerville in 13 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2026Tornado (EF0)Whitakerville$50,000A National Weather Service survey concluded an EF0 tornado caused damage to a building on 83 and Highway MM southeast of Warsaw. This tornado is also damaged multiple trees in the area which was confirmed via Sentinel-2 satellite data analysis. The tornado had maximum winds of 80 mph and was on the ground for about 0.4miles with a width of 200 yards.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWhitakerville-A large tree was reported down on Poorboy Road.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWhitakerville-Several power lines had large branches fall on them causing power outages.
July 2019Heavy RainWhitakerville-A 24 hour rainfall of 4.35 inches was measured.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWhitakerville-A large tree was uprooted and others were snapped south of Warsaw on Barclay Loop near Gatliff Lake. The time was estimated via radar.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWhitakerville-Trees were uprooted and several large limbs were reported down on Cold Springs Avenue.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWhitakerville-Large tree limbs were blown down south of Warsaw.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindWhitakerville-A CO-OP observer estimated 60 mph wind gusts south of Warsaw.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWhitakerville-A large tree was reported down via a Facebook post, in Warsaw.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWhitakerville-Several trees were reported blown down.
July 2004Flash FloodWhitakerville-Flash flooding inundated a section of Highway 83 near the community of Whitakerville.
April 2013HailWhitakerville-no account filed
September 2003HailWhitakerville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Cold Springs1.4 miles23
Blue Branch1.4 miles23
White Branch1.7 miles23
Warsaw2.1 miles23
Gabriels Mills2.7 miles23
Pom-o-sa Heights3.0 miles23
Valley View3.1 miles23
Tackner3.5 miles23

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 WhitakervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7994139The 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 728706. 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.