Brownbranch, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brownbranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 13 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.
- 1937 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Brownbranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Brownbranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Brownbranch between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,495 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 76 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | ALBERT |
| 7 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ONION |
| 5 April 2003 | Natural | 33 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EASY MONEY |
| 4 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | AMOEBA |
| 20 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WALKER HILLS |
| 2 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | JENNINGS |
| 2 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brownbranch: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownbranch in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownbranch | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down across Highway 76 north of Brown Branch at Dalton Road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownbranch | - | A large tree was uprooted and numerous large limbs were reported down. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Brownbranch | - | Dalton Road was closed at the Brown Branch Tributary low water crossing due to flooding. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Brownbranch | - | Beaver Creek flooded and closed State Highway 76 at State Highway W. According to locals, this is a rare occurrence. The road was closed for two hours. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Brownbranch | - | Dalton Road was reported flooded and impassable at Brown Branch Creek. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownbranch | - | Several 3 to 4 foot diameter trees were uprooted. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Brownbranch | - | Caney Creek was flooded out of its banks. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brownbranch | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClurg | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bradleyville | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Eastview (historical) | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hercules | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Taneyville | 11.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hilda | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| Swan | 12.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749046. 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.











