Celt, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65764. It sits by Webster Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Macks Creek quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1934 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Macks Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Celt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,912 acres in total. None started naturally. 109 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 | 109 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 580 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 943 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 79 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 Celt: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zinc | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Celt in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Celt | - | A public weather station measured a 70 mph wind gust. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Celt | - | Several trees were uprooted. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Celt | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Celt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Ford (historical) | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Herrick Ford | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Berry Ford (historical) | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Turner Ford (historical) | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Westfield | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ralphwhite Ford (historical) | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| McPheters Ford (historical) | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Leadmine | 4.2 miles | 16 |
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 Celt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471682 | 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 740731. 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.







