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Boulder City, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64844. It stands on North Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stella quadrangle.

Boulder City within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Boulder City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179426-07334-09282019-0845
22 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Boulder City: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, 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
Granby Ore Block 4Zinc, LeadPast Producer1850, 1853
Unknown - ZnZincPast Producer
Granby Ore Block 1Lead, ZincPast Producer1850, 1853
Granby Ore Block 3Lead, ZincPast Producer1850, 1853
Unknown - Zn & PbLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boulder City in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 2 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023Thunderstorm WindBoulder City$250,000Trees were uprooted, power lines downed and a carport was destroyed at the intersection of Aspen and Pepsin Roads. In addition a poultry barn suffered damage resulting in a significant number of dead poultry.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Boulder City$80,000A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF0 tornado began at 8:35 am near Boulder City and moved nearly due north for around 2 miles with a maximum width of 50 yards and peak winds of 80 mph. Along its path the weak tornado damaged numerous trees with some uprooted. A couple outbuildings also suffered minor damage as well.
September 1996Tornado (F1)Boulder City$30,000no account filed
March 2021HailBoulder City-Quarter sized hail was reported.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBoulder City-Several large tree were blown down across Highway D and Racoon Road.

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Cartmell (historical)1.7 miles11
Christopher2.2 miles16
Sweetwater2.4 miles16
Wanda2.9 miles11
Stella3.8 miles11
Aroma4.9 miles16
Wadell5.1 miles11
Monark Springs5.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 714559. 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.