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Bruner, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Bruner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65753. It lies near Marshfield Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bruner quadrangle. It stands 1,463 feet above sea level.

Bruner within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Bruner between 1992 and 2018, burning about 907 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 burning34
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 August 1996Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 1996Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2015Debris and open burning77 acresMissouri Department of Conservation123791-11202-05012015-1330

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Bruner: 18 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dysart DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Campbell + Hans DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Goose DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Hall + Roberd DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Harver DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Purdham DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Rassieur MinesLeadPast Producer
Sheep DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Boaz MinesLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Christian County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruner in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
December 2010Tornado (EF1)Bruner2 hurt, $200,000A NWS survey team confirmed an EF-1 tornado. The width of the tornado varied from 50 to 250 yards wide starting in Christian County and continuing into Webster County. The estimated wind speeds ranged from 80 to 105 miles per hour. One trailer home was spun 180 degrees and displaced 150 yards. A large barn was severely damaged, losing its roof with several collapsed walls. There were numerous trees snapped and uprooted. There were many trees blown down across roadways along the damage path. There were numerous outbuildings damaged and destroyed.
May 2024HailBruner$15,000Social media report of tennis ball size hail.
February 2017HailBruner$10,000The public reported golf ball size hail via social media.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBruner$5,000Multiple trees were blown down and minor roof damage was reported.
March 2025HailBruner-Hail to the size of quarters fell in Bruner.
May 2024HailBruner-Report of quarter size hail near Bruner.
December 2015Heavy RainBruner-There was a storm total rainfall report of 9.32 inches in the last 2 days.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBruner-Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds just east of town.
September 2009Heavy RainBruner-Rainfall of 1.72 inches was measured.
June 2007FloodBruner-Excessive rainfall caused flooding across northern Christian County. Sections of John Ford Road became impassable to motorists along with sections of Marshfield Road and Aztec Road.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBruner-A severe thunderstorm with an estimated 70 to 80 mph winds downed trees throughout the area, a church steeple collapsed and windows were broken on the south side of Springfield, and golf ball-size hail was reported in Walnut Grove.
August 2012HailBruner-no account filed
April 2011HailBruner-no account filed
February 2009Thunderstorm WindBruner-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBruner-no account filed
May 2000HailBruner-no account filed
May 1995HailBruner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Christian 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
Abadyl2.6 miles14
Velsor2.7 miles23
Elkhead2.9 miles14
Keltner3.7 miles13
Oldfield3.8 miles13
Sparta5.2 miles23
Chadwick6.9 miles13
Pembina8.1 miles23

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 BrunerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471779The 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 714814. 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.