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Bonham, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Buck Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65605. It stands on Hemphill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Aurora quadrangle.

Bonham within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Bonham between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,286 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3

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
2 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 August 2001Arson/incendiarism80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 201 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 201 workings within 5 miles of Bonham: 199 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Lead, 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
American Zinc MineZincPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Queen City MineLeadPast Producer
Richeys MineLeadPast Producer
Sumner's ShaftClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonham in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018Tornado (EF1)Bonham$75,000A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF1 tornado touched down near Highway Z and 39 in Barry County and continued north northeast for approximately 3.4 miles before crossing into Lawrence County ending west of Marionville. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 90mph, a width 100 yards and total distance 9.4 miles. Numerous outbuildings damaged along the path, trees were uprooted, some power lines were downed, and two mobile homes had portions of their roofs removed. The tornado initially touched down at 6:36 pm in Barry County and ended lifted at 7:01 pm in Lawrence County.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBonham$10,000A power line was reported down across the road blocking traffic.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBonham-A couple of large oak trees were reported uprooted.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBonham-Multiple large tree were reported blown over.
August 2018Heavy RainBonham-A 24 hour rainfall total of 2.32 inches was reported.
March 2013HailBonham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Sage Hill2.9 miles12
Marionville4.2 miles19
Aurora4.8 miles12
Logan5.1 miles19
McKinley8.2 miles19
Orange8.3 miles19
Verona8.7 miles11
Opal9.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740684. 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.