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Windyville, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Jasper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65783. It sits by Burtin Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Windyville quadrangle. It stands 1,073 feet above sea level.

Windyville within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Windyville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,345 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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/incendiarism55
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220617-03016-07242020-0600
10 May 1992Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Debris and open burning65 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Arson/incendiarism46 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Debris and open burning60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Windyville: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Siegel MinesZincPast Producer
UnknownLeadPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windyville in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2005Thunderstorm WindWindyville1 hurtDownburst winds downed several trees at Bennett Springs State Park. One person sustained injuries from a large tree that fell.
July 2023HailWindyville$200,000Hail up to two inches in size was reported at the Bennett's Spring State Park. Several vehicles were damaged.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindWindyville$10,000Several trees were uprooted or broken and a barn suffered moderate roof and siding damage.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWindyville$10,000Several pictures from social media showed a tree blown down on a camper near Windyville.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWindyville$2,000Two medium to large size trees uprooted in Windyville.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindWindyville$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree just north of Windyville on State Highway K.
April 2026HailWindyville-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in a mainly rural area.
July 2024Flash FloodWindyville-Social media video reported elevated streamflow and flooding near a residence at the Bennett Spring State Park dam.
May 2022Flash FloodWindyville-Bennett Springs Campground was evacuated as the river flooded the campground. Several campers were stranded and had to be rescued from cabins. No injuries occurred.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWindyville-Several large trees and tree branches were blown down about three miles northeast of Windyville. There were pictures on social media.
September 2016Flash FloodWindyville-The Niangua River was out of its banks at Bennett Springs State Park along Highway 64.
July 2015Flash FloodWindyville-There was a water rescue at the Niangua River Oasis Campground near Lebanon.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWindyville-Dallas County 911 reported a tree was blown down on Moon Valley Road east of Windyville.
December 2015Flash FloodWindyville-Five people were rescued from a cabin at Bennett Spring State Park.
March 2010FloodWindyville-Two feet of water was reported over Route OO near the Niangua River.
May 2013HailWindyville-no account filed
June 2009HailWindyville-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWindyville-no account filed
March 2006HailWindyville-no account filed
May 2006HailWindyville-no account filed
March 2004HailWindyville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWindyville-no account filed
April 1996HailWindyville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Tilden1.8 miles14
Hackler Ford (historical)2.7 miles14
Dallion Ford (historical)3.6 miles14
Plad3.9 miles14
Cedar Ridge3.9 miles14
Wood Hill6.5 miles17
Long Lane6.6 miles14
Wall Street6.7 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 WindyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3469148The 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 728994. 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.