Buckhart Springs, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Delaware Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65438. It lies near Turnback Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bartlett quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1915 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bartlett quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1997 USGS Bartlett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Buckhart Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,010 acres in total. None started naturally. 138 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 | 138 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 84 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | SPLIT GRAVEL |
| 13 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | CAUGHT OFF GUARD |
| 9 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SUTTON HOLLOW |
| 3 July 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | PIKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Buckhart Springs (historical): 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Manganese Usfs Land | Manganese, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Crider Bros. Limestone Quarry/Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Culpepper Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sutton Mine | Copper | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Cuprite, Malachite | |
| Sutton Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Copper Usfs Land | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Dean Land | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Government Land # 5 | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Bartlett | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Munsell | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Winona | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| West Eminence | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Eminence | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Alley Spring | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Birch Tree | 7.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740127. 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.













