BlockBoyer, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65667. The Survey maps it on the Hartville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Hartville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hartville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Boyer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 393 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 1992 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyer in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyer | $15,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed straight line winds of 80 mph produced a path of damage northwest of Hartville. This damage path included one residence with roofing damage and another two mobile homes that lost sections of metal roofs. In addition, multiple trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyer | $10,000 | Several power lines were reported down. near Hartville. |
| August 2018 | Lightning | Boyer | $1,000 | Lightning struck an antenna on a house five miles NNW of Hartville. Minor damage was reported. The time of the strike was estimated from radar and lightning plots. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Boyer | - | Hail to two inches in diameter fell along Dickinson Road. |
| May 2023 | Heavy Rain | Boyer | - | Rainfall of 3.09 inches was reported. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyer | - | A large tree was reported down blocking both sides of the road near Highway 5 and Lake Freddie Road. |
| December 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Boyer | - | A brief EF-0 tornado tracked for approximately one quarter of a mile and broke several large tree branches. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Boyer | - | A storm total of 3.00 inches of rainfall was reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyer | - | A tree was down on Hardner Road south of Logan. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Boyer | - | This flooding is a continution of the flash flooding. Widespread flooding continued for several days after the rain ended. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Boyer | - | Hail was covered the ground at the intersection of Highway 5 and Highway F. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loring | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fuson | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Odin | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Durbin | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hartville | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rembert (historical) | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Grovespring | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Saint George | 7.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740688. 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.