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Bois D'Arc, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Center No. 3 Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65612. The Survey maps it on the Ash Grove quadrangle. It stands 1,211 feet above sea level.

Bois D'Arc within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bois D'Arc between 1995 and 2014, burning about 175 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarism13 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 July 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 July 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bois D'Arc: 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Lead, 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
Getty MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Kelso ShaftClayPast Producer
UnknownCopperPast Producer
UnknownCopperPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Helm MineIronPast Producer
Noble MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

51 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bois D'Arc in 51 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 36 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$150,000High winds caused significant damage to a 30x50 Machine shed with another smaller shop building and a home also suffered minor damage.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$40,000Several large trees were reported down along Farm Road 65 near Highway 266. A barn suffered moderate to major damage.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$25,000A large tree was down on a car causing significant damage.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$25,000A large number of trees uprooted and neighbors old barn leveled south of Ash Grove.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$25,000Thunderstorm wind gusts snapped power poles and cause some structural damage near Bois d'Arc.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$20,000A barn suffered minor wind damage to its roof.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$20,000The fire department reported a barn destroyed along west Farm Road 94, 2 miles northwest of Bois DArc.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$15,000Power lines and trees were reported down on Farm Road 116.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$15,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$10,000Several power lines were blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$10,000no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$5,000A roof was blown off a barn.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$3,000no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc$2,000The emergency manager reported multiple trees of 10-16 inches in diameter were down and siding was blown off a home in the Bois D' Arc area.
June 2016FloodBois D Arc$1,000Local officials had to rescue two individuals from a stalled out truck in the water at a low water crossing near Farm Road 132 and Farm Road 55. This flooding occurred at the headwaters of the SAC River.
April 2025Flash FloodBois D Arc-The Sac River Bridge across the Sac River at Farm Roads 35 and 120 had at least 3 feet of water over the road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Several large trees were reported down on Highways T and EE blocking the roads.
April 2025Flash FloodBois D Arc-North Farm Road 35 at the Sac River was flooded and impassable for several hours.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Numerous trees and large limbs were reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Two large trees were reported down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-A large tree was reported down at the intersection of Highway F and Farm Road 25.
March 2020Flash FloodBois D Arc-Water 2 feet deep was reported at the intersection of Farm Road 120 and 35 over the Sac River Bridge.
May 2019Heavy RainBois D Arc-A co-op observer reported a 24-hr rainfall accumulation of 2.20 inches.
May 2019Heavy RainBois D Arc-A COOP observer measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.00 inches.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-A large 6 inch diameter tree limb was downed on north Farm Road 71.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Multiple trees were reported downed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-A medium size tree was blown down on Farm Road 78.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-A tree was blown down near the post office.
August 2015Flash FloodBois D Arc-Farm Road 51 and Farm Road 116 were flooded at a couple locations.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-A large tree up to 2 feet in diameter was blown down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-There was a report of some tree damage.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Several trees were blown down at Highway 160 and Highway VV.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Trained weather spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Winds were estimated by the Bois D'Arc Fire Department.
May 2009Flash FloodBois D Arc-Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding over portions of west Springfield primarily within low lying areas along Wilson's Creek.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-A storm spotter near Bois D'Arc estimated 60 MPH winds to the emergency manager.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large oak tree.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees west of Bois D Arc.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees near the intersection of Highway 266 and K.
May 2018HailBois D Arc-no account filed
May 2017HailBois D Arc-no account filed
March 2015HailBois D Arc-no account filed
June 2014HailBois D Arc-no account filed
June 2010HailBois D Arc-no account filed
June 2008HailBois D Arc-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-no account filed
April 2006HailBois D Arc-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindBois D Arc-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Yeakley3.5 miles19
Yeakley (historical)3.6 miles21
Elwood4.5 miles21
Plano5.0 miles19
Willard5.4 miles21
Ash Grove5.8 miles16
Ritter6.6 miles21
Pearl6.7 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Bois D'ArcAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2908967The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755475. 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.