Crawford County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Crawford County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by MO DNR (2).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jan 12, 2007Ice Storm, Crawford$754,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An arctic boundary settled south of the area on the 12th and 13th of January bringing subfreezing temperatures to the northwestern half of the county warning area. Three rounds of precipitation occurred during this period, with the first being the most destructive of all. Significant tree and limb damage was reported as a result of this storm, together with widespread power outages. More than 100,000 homes and businesses lost power during this storm. About 1.5 inches of sleet fell and a 1/2 inch of ice accumulation hit parts of Central and Northeast Missouri. From 1/4 to 1/2 inch of ice accumulated from freezing rain across Eastern Missouri and parts of Southwest Illinois.…

2. Dec 28, 2015Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Between 5 and 8 inches of rain fell across Crawford County during a 2 day period. All of this rain caused the creeks and rivers to rise. The Meramec River rose above flood stage at Steelville on December 27th. On December 30th, an 81 year old man drove into the flood waters of the Meramec on Highway N at Campbell Bridge, about 5 miles southeast of Bourbon. He apparently got out of his vehicle and drown. The flooding caused major damage to one home and completely destroyed another one.

3. Jul 10, 2026Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rain began around 10PM on the evening of July 9, but storms increased in intensity and persistence shortly after midnight. By morning, a swath of 7 to 10 inches of rain had fallen across southern Crawford County from near Cedar Ford to near Viburnum. This led to flash flooding along every creek and river in the area, with much of this water flowing through the Huzzah Creek. Camp sites along the river were inundated as well as homes and roadways. Numerous water rescues and evacuations were required. One person was killed in floodwaters after her home was swept off its foundation with her inside.

4. Jun 19, 2011Tornado$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado touched down about 2.25 miles southeast of Keysville along Highway AA and travelled to the northeast. There was widespread tree damage with trees snapped off at the base. Some of the trees were between a foot and two feet in diameter in this location, where the intensity of damage was rated EF0. Further along the path, about half a mile north of Gray Road, the tornado hit a home. The roof of the home was uplifted and thrown about a quarter of a mile to the north. The north and east side walls were removed and tossed to the northeast between 80 and 120 yards. Some of the 2x4 supports were deposited as much as half to three quarters of a mile to the east northeast. Three…

5. Jul 10, 2002Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The County Sheriff reported scattered damage across Crawford County. Trees were down in Cuba blocking some city streets. Near Leasburg, trees were down blocking the intersection of Routes HH and MM. Trees were downed in Steelville damaging a couple of homes and vehicles.

6. Jul 26, 1998Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rainfall close to 6 inches caused widespread flooding across the county. Numerous roads were closed much of the day. Many roads and bridges were damaged from the runoff from the heavy rain. The Department of Natural Resources reported that Onondaga Cave State Park suffered significant damage from the rain as well.

7. May 19, 2025Tornado$60,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado touched down along Hobo Road near Cherryville and moved north-northeast, quickly producing tree damage and destroying a farm outbuilding before dissipating. The peak wind speed was 107 mph and the track was 1.03 miles long and 270 yards wide.

8. Jun 27, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$35,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees along Highway 19. A boat was also destroyed by the wind.

9. Sep 14, 2008Strong Wind, Crawford$5,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down by winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ike across Crawford county. Some of the trees and limbs fell across roadways blocking them for a time.

10. May 25, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$5,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

113°FJul 18, 1954

All-time low

−16°FJan 10, 1982

Warmest night

81°F2 times, most recently Jul 19, 1980

Coldest day

−1°FJan 14, 2024

Wettest day

5.64 inJun 4, 1998

Snowiest day

10.0 inMar 2, 1954

Hottest year

2012mean 58.8°F

Coldest year

2014mean 53.1°F

Wettest year

199359.84 in

Driest year

195323.12 in

Station Vichy Rolla Natl Airport (USW00013997), 1,110 ft elevation, 24.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1948 to October 26, 2026; 99.3% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00013997.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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