Bellair, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Palestine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65237. It stands on Baslee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bunceton quadrangle.
On record in Bellair
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ravenswoodlisted 1975 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Boonville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Bunceton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,130 words on this townshipA History of Cooper County, Missouri, from the First Visit by White Men in February, 1804, to the Fifth Day of July, 1876, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Palestine Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Palestine Township - 2,130 words.
Fires near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bellair between 2002 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 210502-02732-04032020-1230 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176925-02732-04272018-1635 |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176924-02732-04222018-0840 |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190043-02732-04132019-2255 |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176875-02732-03032018-1236 |
| 26 February 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176871-02732-02262018-1102 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bellair: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellair in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2017: 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellair | - | A trained spotter reported a 70 mph wind gust. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Bellair | - | High waters were reported along Highway E, 2 miles west of Highway 5. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Bellair | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Bellair | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Bellair | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Bellair | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Petersburg (historical) | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bunceton | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Pilot Grove | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hoffman | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Harriston | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Billingsville | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Elm | 5.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740665. 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.







