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Barnett, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Moreau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65011. The Survey maps it on the Barnett quadrangle. 158 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 968 feet above sea level.

Barnett within Morgan County

On record in Barnett

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Barnett fell from 203 to 158 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.

YearPeople Change
2010203
2020158-45 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Barnett between 1992 and 2017, burning about 181 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1

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
17 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 2001Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation134661-07147-03072016-1804
4 March 1992Debris and open burning13 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 March 1997Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 March 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 1995Debris and open burning70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Barnett: 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Strong DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Ulrey TractZinc, Barium-Barite, Coal, LeadPast Producer
Beach Barite MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Libbert Barite ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
Excelsior DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Fred Williams Lead ProspectLeadPast Producer
Kelsey DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Madole DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Spurlock DigLeadPast Producer
Tiptons ProspectLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnett in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 14 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1994Thunderstorm WindBarnett$500,000Two 500-foot turkey buildings were almost completely destroyed. On the south side of town, strong winds toppled an entire fence row of mature trees. Minor damage to mobile homes was also reported.
April 2024Flash FloodBarnett$40,000Hillpoint Road was flooded and impassable at a low water crossing of a tributary of Indian Creek. Law enforcement indicated that the fast flowing water washed out or damaged the bridge across the creek.
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Barnett$10,000A National Weather Service survey found damage associated with a tornado that tracked north of Barnett, MO for 1.3 miles. Damage included tree debris blown to the east and north, and metal rods sheltering hay bales bent. Winds along the tornadoes 150 yard wide path were estimated at 85mph.
May 2011HailBarnett$10,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBarnett$1,500Abundance of small tree debris on Highway 52 from Versailles to Eldon. A large tree was down west of Barnett and was removed off the road.
March 2014Thunderstorm WindBarnett$1,000Several small trees and fencing were blown down near the intersection of Highway 52 and Highway AA.
April 2024HailBarnett-Quarter sized hail was reported.
July 2015Flash FloodBarnett-Highway AA north of Barnett was flooded and impassable.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBarnett-Numerous trees were reported down across Highway AA in the vicinity of Barnett.
July 2009Flash FloodBarnett-Law enforcement received two reports of water, too deep to drive through, running over the road south of Barnett on state Highway AA. County officials closed the road to through traffic for several hours.
April 2024HailBarnett-no account filed
March 2014HailBarnett-no account filed
March 2014HailBarnett-no account filed
March 2014HailBarnett-no account filed
April 2012HailBarnett-no account filed
April 2007HailBarnett-no account filed
November 2005HailBarnett-no account filed
June 2003HailBarnett-no account filed
May 2003HailBarnett-no account filed
April 2001HailBarnett-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBarnett-no account filed
April 1996HailBarnett-no account filed
April 1996HailBarnett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Marvin5.7 miles23
Excelsior7.3 miles19
Rocky Mount7.7 miles22
Gravois Mills9.3 miles25
Versailles9.5 miles23
Buck Creek11.3 miles22
Cape Galena (historical)12.9 miles22
Glensted13.5 miles18

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 BarnettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967416The 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 755538. 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.