Burtville, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65336. It stands on Coperas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burtville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1885 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Burtville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
14,319 words on this townshipThe History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 14,319 words.
Fires near this place
22 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Burtville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177832-05130-09252018-1508 |
| 9 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177511-05130-08092018-1447 |
| 4 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179015-05130-07162019-1429 |
| 14 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176679-05130-04062018-1031 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burtville in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Burtville | - | A brief tornado formed near Whiteman Air Force Base near Warrensburg, Missouri, and lasted only a couple minutes before dissipating. Little to no damage was reported from this tornado; however, it was noted in the official observation from the Whiteman AFB tower. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Burtville | - | A brief EF0 tornado touchdown was reported north of PP highway at 1645 CST. The tonado lifted at 1646 CST. The brief touchdown was in in rural open country, with no damage reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristle Ridge | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Henrietta | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Owsley | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Sutherland | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Bowmansville | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Montserrat | 6.8 miles | 23 | |
| Cornelia | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Knob Noster | 7.0 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740713. 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.
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.









