Willow Springs, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Willow Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65793. The Survey maps it on the Willow Springs South quadrangle. 2,164 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWillow Springs fell from 2,184 to 2,164 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,184 | |
| 2020 | 2,164 | -20 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1945 USGS Willow Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Willow Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Willow Springs NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Willow Springs South quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Willow Springs South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Willow Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 804 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | 22 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SHEEKS EAST |
| 17 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | NOBLETT CREEK |
| 24 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CROOKED |
| 1 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 51 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TICK HOLLER |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HWY 137 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Willow Springs: 13 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Moody Property | Zinc, Iron | Occurrence | 1930 | |
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brushy Creek Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Doc Davis Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Leora Land | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Limonite | |
| Lyle A. Spence Property | Iron | Prospect | 1939 | |
| Murphy Mine, No.3 | Iron | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willow Springs in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 1997: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Willow Springs | 1 killed, 1 hurt | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow Springs | $7,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow Springs | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Willow Springs | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Willow Springs | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Willow Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Burnham | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hutton Valley | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Trask | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Pomona | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Horton | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Olden | 11.4 miles | 14 | |
| Turnerville | 12.7 miles | 19 |
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 Willow Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957431 | 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 752922. 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.








