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Buckhorn, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Cullen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65583. The Survey maps it on the Ozark Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.

Buckhorn within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn between 1992 and 2018, burning about 886 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
22 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
22 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 May 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 May 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National Forest295
10 May 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBUCKHORN
10 May 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Buckhorn: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Quarry # 25Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1929
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Waynesville Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckhorn in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1994Tornado (F0)Buckhorn$50,000A tornado touched down briefly causing $30,000 worth of damage to a gas station. The roof pulled about 200 feet in the air and a pickup truck was moved 50 feet.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn$5,000A large tree was uprooted and some shingles were blown off a home.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn$5,000A roof was blown off a building and numerous utility poles were knocked down. Approximately 1800 to 2000 people were without power for nearly 18 hours.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed power lines along AB Highway.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn$1,000A large tree was uprooted and a few shingles were blown of a home.
May 2023HailBuckhorn-Half dollar sized hail was reported in a mostly rural area.
May 2023HailBuckhorn-Quarter sized hail was reported.
September 2018Heavy RainBuckhorn-COCORAHS Station MO-PU-25, reported a 24 rain total of 2.92 inches.
August 2017Heavy RainBuckhorn-A 24 hour rainfall total of 5.66 inches was measured at a CoCoRaHS station about three miles northeast of Laquey.
August 2013Flash FloodBuckhorn-Route N near Stockton Road was closed due to high water.
December 2010Funnel CloudBuckhorn-There was a funnel cloud reported south of Buckhorn near the intersection of Highway 17 and Cannon Range Road.
May 2011HailBuckhorn-no account filed
April 2010HailBuckhorn-no account filed
May 2003HailBuckhorn-no account filed
March 2002HailBuckhorn-no account filed
May 2000HailBuckhorn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Laquey2.0 miles16
Hanna3.5 miles20
Stillhouse Springs3.7 miles16
Turkey Ridge4.0 miles16
Pippin Place4.4 miles16
Waynesville4.8 miles22
Kieseweltter Resort5.0 miles16
Shady Grove5.2 miles16

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 BuckhornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4983150The 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 749091. 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.