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Barnumton, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Adair Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65787. The Survey maps it on the Barnumton quadrangle.

Barnumton 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.

Fires near this place

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Barnumton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,491 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2000Debris and open burning100 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning13 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 July 1999Arson/incendiarism640 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179779-01502-06282019-1546
9 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Barnumton: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Zinc. 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
Floyd LandBarium-BaritePast Producer
Furnace BankIronPast Producer
Jackson MineZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Scotts Concrete & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnumton in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Tornado (EF1)Barnumton$10,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado impacted rural areas of central Camden County. The tornado tracked directly across the Little Niangua Arm of Lake of the Ozarks. Over 100 trees were snapped while minor roof damage occurred to a few structures.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBarnumton$2,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts caused minor structural damage to a home.
May 2018Flash FloodBarnumton-Pictures from social media showed numerous low water crossings flooded.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBarnumton-Numerous small tree limbs were blown down.
May 2009Flash FloodBarnumton-Rainfall amounts of two to four inches flooded several areas of Camden County. Two specific locations that flooded include a section of Highway 7 southeast of Barnumton and a section of Highway BB one mile south of Montreal.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Barnumton-no account filed
June 2003HailBarnumton-no account filed
July 2003HailBarnumton-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Dodds4.0 miles21
Bannister Ford5.4 miles20
Bannister5.9 miles20
Climax Springs6.0 miles18
Crittenden (historical)6.5 miles20
Purvis7.3 miles22
Hurricane Deck7.7 miles22
Sunrise Beach9.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740660. 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.