BlockBarnesville, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Independence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63530. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1937 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Barnesville between 2002 and 2017, burning about 107 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 2002 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Barnesville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnesville in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | - | Multiple reports of power lines down and several power outages south and southeast of Elmer. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | - | Downed wires near Route 3 west of Atlanta. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Barnesville | - | State Highway HH was closed due to flooding. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | - | In Elmer several windows were blown out of a building and two garage doors were blown into the garage. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | - | Trees were reported down with wind gusts measured to 70 mph. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Barnesville | - | 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.
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 Barnesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985802 | 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 740659. 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.