Bona, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Morgan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65601. It stands on Carmack Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Bona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bolivar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Bona between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,490 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179233-02902-09282019-1515 |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177254-02902-07132018-1642 |
| 9 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178923-02902-06102019-1715 |
| 7 May 1997 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bona in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Bona | $10,000 | Dade Highway 42 was washed out just east of Highway 245 north of Dadeville. |
| February 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Bona | - | A National Weather Service storm survey concluded that an EF-0 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 76 mph, uprooted a few weak trees with large branches also broken off. No damage to structures was noted along the tornadoes path of 1.2 miles long with a maximum width of 100 yards. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Bona | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Bona | - | Excessive rainfall caused a section of Highway RA to become flooded. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Bona | - | A section of Highway 215 west of Bona was flooded. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Bona | - | A tornado was reported to have skimmed the tops of trees. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Bona | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Bona | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Bona | - | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Bona | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Bona | - | 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.
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 Bona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471764 | The 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 729847. 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.
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.





