Butts, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Courtois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65441. It lies near Henpeck Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Huzzah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1943 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Berryman 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
- 1978 USGS Huzzah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Huzzah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Butts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,056 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | GOBBLERS KNOB |
| 15 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GIBBS SPRING |
| 14 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 83 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DRY CREEK |
| 11 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EMORY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Butts: 31 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleeding Hill Copper Mines | Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Harman Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hinch Hill Mine | Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Kings Mountain Mines | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Lead Mountain Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mathews Mines North | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ransom's Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Stanford Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Willians Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Butts in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2019: 1 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 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Butts | - | The tornado began on the south side of the Huzzah River approximately 8 miles east northeast of Steelville where a barn was damaged. The tornado then tracked generally eastward hitting a farmstead at the end of Mullen Road. Most of the damage consisted of downed trees and broken branches. Several outbuildings and two small grain bins were destroyed, along with superficial damage to two homes. The remainder of damage consisted of downed trees and branches as the tornado tracked eastward through the northern edge of Butts, just missing a large outdoor outfitter and recreational area on the Courtois Creek. The tornado ended within a valley east of the intersection of Thunder Valley Road and Christy Mine Road, less than one mile from the Crawford/Washington County line. The tornado was rated EF0 with estimated peak winds of 85 mph. The path length was 5.75 miles with a max path width of 100 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported with this tornado. |
| February 2016 | Hail | Butts | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Scotia | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Four Points | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Hinch | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Harrison Mills | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Berryman | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Huzzah | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Westover | 6.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749143. 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.













