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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.

Buckhart Springs within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

200 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism138
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
6 August 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 1997Arson/incendiarism84 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestSPLIT GRAVEL
13 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCAUGHT OFF GUARD
9 July 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarism8.3 acresMark Twain National ForestSUTTON HOLLOW
3 July 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestPIKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Manganese Usfs LandManganese, ClayPast Producer
Crider Bros. Limestone Quarry/MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Culpepper ProspectManganeseProspect
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sutton MineCopperPast ProducerChalcocite, Cuprite, Malachite
Sutton MineCopperPast Producer
Unknown CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown Copper Usfs LandCopperPast Producer
Dean LandIronProspect
Government Land # 5IronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shannon 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
Delaware3.5 miles22
Bartlett3.9 miles22
Munsell4.2 miles22
Winona4.6 miles22
West Eminence5.9 miles22
Eminence6.7 miles22
Alley Spring6.9 miles22
Birch Tree7.3 miles14

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.