Bannister, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Russell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65786. It lies in Bannister Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Barnumton quadrangle.

Bannister within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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.

1888 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1935 USGS Barnumton quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Barnumton quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Barnumton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Barnumton quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Bannister between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,353 acres in total. None started naturally. 72 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	72
Debris and open burning	56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
23 September 1999	Debris and open burning	13 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
19 September 2000	Debris and open burning	9.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
13 September 2019	Smoking	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	179145-01506-09132019-1647
10 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
20 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	220642-01506-08202020-1703
6 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
22 July 1999	Arson/incendiarism	640 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 July 1999	Debris and open burning	183 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bannister: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite. 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
	Daniels and Browns Diggings	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
	Floyd Land	Barium-Barite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Camden 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bannister Ford	0.5 miles	20
Macks Creek	4.8 miles	16
Climax Springs	5.8 miles	18
Barnumton	5.9 miles	20
Dodds	8.2 miles	21
Only	8.4 miles	16
Green Gables (historical)	8.4 miles	17
Roach	8.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740656. 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.