Caverna, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in White Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64856. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hiwasse quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hiwasse quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Caverna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 718 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230722-06021-09232020-1715 |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230708-06021-09192020-1620 |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179094-06021-09162019-1500 |
| 15 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Caverna: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caverna in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Caverna | $100,000 | A brief EF-1 tornado touches down along Golf Ridge Road in southeastern McDonald County. The tornado was about one mile long and up to 100 yards wide. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Several homes had damage with windows knocked out and roof damage. One home had half the roof blown off. Estimated maximum winds were up to 95 mph. |
| May 2025 | Heavy Rain | Caverna | - | A Mesonet station measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.33 inches. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Caverna | - | The GW2927 Mesonet station measured 3.13 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Caverna | - | Rainfall of 3.13 inches was measured in a 24 hour period. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Caverna | - | Report of quarter size hail. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Caverna | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail was reported just north of the Arkansas state line. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Caverna | - | Ping pong ball size hail was reported. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Caverna | - | Ping pong ball hail was reported. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Caverna | - | Bear Hollow Road, 2 miles east of US Highway 71, at the Arkansas state line was covered with water and impassable at Bear Creek. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caverna | - | Large tree limbs were blown down across Highway 71. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Caverna | - | The Little Sugar Creek flooded lowlands across southern and central McDonald County. A few campgrounds along the creek were evacuated due to the rising water levels. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Caverna | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Griffin Ford | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Arnett | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Havenhurst | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cyclone | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Meadors Ford | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Jacket | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Crag O Lea | 8.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47555. 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.







