Bixby, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Dent Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65439. The Survey maps it on the Viburnum East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1943 USGS Boss quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Boss quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Viburnum East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Viburnum East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Bixby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,469 acres in total. None started naturally. 56 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 | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GOODWATER FIRE |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BAY |
| 1 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | RECYCLE |
| 29 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BLACKJACK |
| 13 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | AIRPORT ROAD |
| 11 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PACK |
| 6 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BUICK |
| 28 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 616 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EAST END |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bixby: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Copper, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Buick Smelter | Lead, Smelter, Silver, Zinc, Smelter, Copper | Plant | ||
| Boss-Bixby | Copper, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Manganese, Magnesite, Arsenic, Aluminum, Molybdenum, Chromium, Lead, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt, Vanadium, Sulfur | Prospect | 1956 | |
| Buick Mine | Zinc, Lead, Cobalt, Silver, Copper, Nickel, Cadmium | Producer | 1960, 1969 | |
| Magmont Mine | Lead, Cadmium, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, Nickel | Producer | 1962, 1968 | |
| Central Services | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Red Point Land Fe Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bixby in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bixby | - | The survey of damage indicated a large swath of straight line winds with estimated speeds of 60 to 70 mph over the northern third of Reynolds county and large parts of Iron county. Much of the damage was due to fallen trees. While trees were down over most of Reynolds and Iron counties, the tree damage was most concentrated in an area between Bixby and Reynolds, eastward to an area between Ironton and Glover. Within that area, microbursts occurred, with estimated wind speeds up to 100 mph. One particularly intense microburst was surveyed along Highway 21 about 4 miles south of Arcadia where a radio tower was blown down. In these areas, it was noted that up to 80 percent of the forest had been felled. Scattered structural damage, mostly to roofs and outbuildings, was also noted, including the Brown Shoe building in Ironton. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Bixby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Point | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Buick | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Viburnum | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| East End | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Good Water | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Goodland | 6.2 miles | 22 | |
| Redmondville | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| Maxwells Mill | 8.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748874. 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.













