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Bartlett, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Bartlett Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65588. The Survey maps it on the Bartlett quadrangle.

Bartlett within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Bartlett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,128 acres in total. None started naturally. 133 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/incendiarism133
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestPINE DUFF
3 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestTRAM
13 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1997Arson/incendiarism84 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCAUGHT OFF GUARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bartlett: 9 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Manganese, Clay. 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Copper Usfs LandCopperPast Producer
Unknown Manganese Usfs LandManganese, ClayPast Producer
Bryson BankIronProspect
Clarence Ballance LandIronPast Producer1914
Iron Hill MineIronPast Producer
Miley Noble LandIronPast Producer1904
Noble MineIronProspect
O'Keefe Mine, No. 2IronPast ProducerLimonite
Ray Bowman ProspectIronPast Producer1936

Every working recorded in Shannon County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bartlett in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2011Flash FloodBartlett1 killed, $2,000A Shannon County resident was swept off a low water bridge during the early morning hours of July 5th after isolated thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall causing a small stream to become swollen and overflow its banks. The driver attempted to drive over the flooded low water bridge and was swept nearly 150 yards down stream where his car and body were found on July 13th.
May 2024Tornado (EF2)Bartlett$75,000NWS storm survey concluded an EF2 tornado with peak winds near 125 mph started 2 miles northeast of Birch Tree and travelled east southeast for just over 3 miles before lifting 4 miles east of Birch Tree. The tornado crossed Highway 60 just east of County Road 421. This tornado removed the roof of one home and destroyed a saw mill. Numerous trees were also uprooted or snapped along the path of the tornado.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Bartlett$20,000A NWS Storm Survey concluded that a brief EF-0 tornado with peak winds near 80 mph tracked east just to the north of Highway 60 between Birch Tree and Winona. The tornado travelled east just to the north of Highway 60 for less than a mile, uprooting or snapping several trees.
May 2025HailBartlett$5,000Report of two inch size hail.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBartlett$500Thunderstorm winds downed small to medium size tree limbs southwest of Winona.
March 2020HailBartlett-Quarter sized hail was reported.

Every storm recorded in Shannon 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
Buckhart Springs (historical)3.9 miles22
Birch Tree4.3 miles14
Winona4.8 miles22
Delaware6.8 miles22
Munsell7.9 miles22
Low Wassie8.3 miles14
Montier8.6 miles12
Tin Roof (historical)8.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748694. 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.