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.
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
- Jesse Ratcliff Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresBarnett 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 203 | |
| 2020 | 158 | -45 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1888 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Eldon quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Barnett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Eldon quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134661-07147-03072016-1804 |
| 4 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Ulrey Tract | Zinc, Barium-Barite, Coal, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Beach Barite Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Libbert Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Excelsior Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Fred Williams Lead Prospect | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Kelsey Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Madole Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Spurlock Dig | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Tiptons Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnett | $500,000 | Two 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Barnett | $40,000 | Hillpoint 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 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Barnett | $10,000 | A 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 2011 | Hail | Barnett | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnett | $1,500 | Abundance 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnett | $1,000 | Several small trees and fencing were blown down near the intersection of Highway 52 and Highway AA. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Barnett | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Barnett | - | Highway AA north of Barnett was flooded and impassable. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnett | - | Numerous trees were reported down across Highway AA in the vicinity of Barnett. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Barnett | - | 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 2024 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Barnett | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Barnett | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Excelsior | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Rocky Mount | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Gravois Mills | 9.3 miles | 25 | |
| Versailles | 9.5 miles | 23 | |
| Buck Creek | 11.3 miles | 22 | |
| Cape Galena (historical) | 12.9 miles | 22 | |
| Glensted | 13.5 miles | 18 |
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 Barnett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967416 | 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 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.










