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Fuson, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Brush Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65667. The Survey maps it on the Fuson quadrangle.

Fuson within Wright County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Fuson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
31 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 August 1993Debris and open burning28 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 August 1992Debris and open burning11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 1992Smoking6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 1992Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2002Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

19 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fuson in 19 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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
October 2019Thunderstorm WindFuson$25,000A National Weather Service storm survey found straight line winds of 70mph damaged numerous tree limbs along with minor roof and outbuilding damage off of State Highway Z.
January 2018Thunderstorm WindFuson$5,000A tree was blown down onto a deck of a home north-northeast of Hartville near Highway Z and Highway E.
March 2026FloodFuson-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding north of Hartville.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFuson-Multiple tree limbs and tree debris was reported down.
May 2024Heavy RainFuson-Total measured rainfall since midnight was 3.81 inches.
July 2023HailFuson-Hail up to quarters in size was reported.
July 2020Heavy RainFuson-The public reported measuring 2.00 inches of rain in a 30 minute span.
August 2013Heavy RainFuson-The spotters rain gauge was full and overflowing. Rainfall amounts occurred over a 6 hour period.
August 2013Heavy RainFuson-A six hour rainfall total of 3.50 inches was measured and a storm total estimated in excess of 10 inches.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFuson-A spotter reported tree damage and lawn furniture scattered across yard.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindFuson-A large tree was reported downed six miles north of Hartville, by winds associated with a severe thunderstorm.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindFuson-A National Weather Service storm survey determined that straight line winds associated with a severe thunderstorm damaged or uprooted several trees north of the city of Hartville.
March 2008HailFuson-Penny size hail fell for 5 minutes.
May 2016HailFuson-no account filed
March 2015HailFuson-no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFuson-no account filed
May 2009HailFuson-no account filed
March 2008HailFuson-no account filed
April 2007HailFuson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright 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
Durbin3.0 miles12
Boyer3.0 miles12
Loring4.1 miles12
Saint George4.5 miles17
Grimes Mill5.6 miles16
Hartville5.7 miles12
Smittle6.0 miles12
Latham Mill6.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740861. 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.