Bunceton, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Kelly Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65237. The Survey maps it on the Bunceton quadrangle. 334 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
On record in Bunceton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Ravenswoodlisted 1975
Population over time
2 figuresBunceton fell from 354 to 334 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 354 | |
| 2020 | 334 | -20 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Boonville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Bunceton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
705 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Kelly Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Kelly Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bunceton between 2018 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176925-02732-04272018-1635 |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190043-02732-04132019-2255 |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176875-02732-03032018-1236 |
| 2 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176873-02732-03022018-1225 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bunceton: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous, Zinc, Lead. 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 - Coal Zinc | Bituminous, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Leonard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Prestage Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bunceton in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Bunceton | $2,000 | Two cars were swept off Highway 5. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunceton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunceton | - | Downed wires in Bunceton. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunceton | - | Large tree uprooted. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunceton | - | A squall line produced a measured wind gusts of 70 mph just west of Bunceton. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunceton | - | Estimated 60 mph winds south of Bunceton. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Bunceton | - | State Highway B was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunceton | - | A tree was downed blocking a road near Bunceton. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Bunceton | - | State Highway J was closed due to high water. |
| April 2012 | Flash Flood | Bunceton | - | MODOT had to close portions of Highway B and Highway 87 in Cooper County, due to water running over the road. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Bunceton | - | Approximately six inches of water was reported over the road on Highway B. |
| April 2001 | Flash Flood | Bunceton | - | Main street reported under water due to heavy rains. Reported by emergency management. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Bunceton | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Bunceton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bunceton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Bunceton | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Bunceton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Bunceton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petersburg (historical) | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bellair | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Speed | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Elm | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| New Lebanon | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Billingsville | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Pisgah | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pilot Grove | 8.4 miles | 18 |
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 Bunceton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965867 | 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 715036. 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.







