Buck Creek, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65037. It lies near Forcade Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sunrise Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1934 USGS Purvis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sunrise Beach quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Sunrise Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Buck Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 490 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178300-06633-08042018-2325 |
| 24 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179840-01509-08242019-1421 |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178205-01509-08232018-1152 |
| 2 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179435-06633-08022019-1500 |
| 14 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178302-06633-08142018-1040 |
| 13 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230965-07140-07082020-0810 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Buck Creek: 39 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunkers Prospect | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Gravois Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brush Creek Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Mcdonald Ranch Prospect | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Joy Prospect | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Rastover Prospect | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Union Electric Prospect | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Caldwell Martin + Co Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Central Missouri District | Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Galena (historical) | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Rocky Mount | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Laurie | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Gravois Mills | 6.1 miles | 25 | |
| Proctor | 9.0 miles | 24 | |
| Barnett | 11.3 miles | 19 | |
| Marvin | 12.8 miles | 23 | |
| Todd (historical) | 13.0 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738539. 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.










