Buckhorn, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63655. It stands on Middle Fork Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cascade quadrangle. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1930 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 453 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177375-06205-08052018-1642 |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177374-06205-08042018-1850 |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178696-06205-04072019-1900 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178693-06205-04032019-1930 |
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 Buckhorn: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Senter Mine | Manganese | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckhorn in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckhorn | - | Thunderstorm winds collapsed an outbuilding at Buckhorn General Baptist Church, downed a tree over a road near Buckhorn, then blew a roof from a mobile home in Marquand. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckhorn | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees around town. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Buckhorn | - | The tornado originated in Carter County then crossed into Wayne County (WFO Paducah's CWA) before crossing into Madison County about 3 miles southwest of Buckhorn and travelled to the northeast. In Madison County, numerous large trees were blown down before the tornado lifted and dissipated about a mile northwest of Buckhorn. The total path length for the tornado was 47.4 miles with a max width of 1200 yards and a max EF rating of EF3. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckhorn | - | Storm spotters reported trees down on Highway 67 west of Buckhorn. |
| October 2001 | Hail | Buckhorn | - | The County Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Buckhorn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allbright | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Twelvemile | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Zion | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Klendike | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Saco | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Marquand | 9.0 miles | 19 | |
| Varsh Ford | 9.1 miles | 19 | |
| Central | 9.3 miles | 20 |
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 Buckhorn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985845 | The 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 714979. 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.












