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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.

Caverna within McDonald County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

94 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 1996Natural1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230722-06021-09232020-1715
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230708-06021-09192020-1620
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179094-06021-09162019-1500
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDonald County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jane QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in McDonald County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Caverna$100,000A 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 2025Heavy RainCaverna-A Mesonet station measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.33 inches.
May 2024Heavy RainCaverna-The GW2927 Mesonet station measured 3.13 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
May 2024Heavy RainCaverna-Rainfall of 3.13 inches was measured in a 24 hour period.
May 2024HailCaverna-Report of quarter size hail.
May 2021HailCaverna-Quarter to half dollar sized hail was reported just north of the Arkansas state line.
May 2021HailCaverna-Ping pong ball size hail was reported.
May 2021HailCaverna-Ping pong ball hail was reported.
November 2019FloodCaverna-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 2013Thunderstorm WindCaverna-Large tree limbs were blown down across Highway 71.
July 2008Flash FloodCaverna-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 2015HailCaverna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McDonald 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
Jane3.8 miles13
Griffin Ford5.0 miles13
Arnett5.0 miles14
Havenhurst8.0 miles13
Cyclone8.2 miles13
Meadors Ford8.4 miles13
Jacket8.6 miles14
Crag O Lea8.8 miles13

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.