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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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
- 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
127 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 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 |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 640 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179779-01502-06282019-1546 |
| 9 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Land | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Furnace Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Scotts Concrete & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Barnumton | $10,000 | A 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnumton | $2,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts caused minor structural damage to a home. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Barnumton | - | Pictures from social media showed numerous low water crossings flooded. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnumton | - | Numerous small tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Barnumton | - | 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 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Barnumton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Barnumton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Barnumton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodds | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Bannister Ford | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Bannister | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Climax Springs | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Crittenden (historical) | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Purvis | 7.3 miles | 22 | |
| Hurricane Deck | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Sunrise Beach | 9.3 miles | 22 |
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.











