BlockBefore

Gulfton, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Twin Groves Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64834. The Survey maps it on the Carl Junction quadrangle.

Gulfton within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Gulfton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1

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
22 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 1994Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCherokee County92
21 March 2017Arson/incendiarism27 acresCherokee County90
13 March 1994Debris and open burning71 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 February 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 443 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 443 workings within 5 miles of Gulfton: 441 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Fenix MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1855, 1910
Klondike PitClayPast Producer
Mattes Bros. Chat PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Aylor Lease N.E. JoplinZincPast Producer1898, 1900
Belleville Strip PitZincPast Producer1900
Crane-Chenoweth TractZincPast Producer1926, 1927
Gibson Lease N.E. JoplinZincPast Producer1898, 1900
Isherwood MineZincPast Producer1925, 1926
Marsh Lease N.E. JoplinZincPast Producer1898, 1900

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulfton in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGulfton$20,000The roof of a home on County Lane 265 and Highway 96 suffered minor damage.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGulfton$10,000Several large trees and limbs were reported down. A few homes suffered minor siding damage.
April 2019Flash FloodGulfton-Highway 171 in Carthage was closed due to flooding once Center Creek overflowed its banks. Flooding continued into the very early hours of May 1st.
June 2008Flash FloodGulfton-Excessive rain caused flooding at the intersection of Highway 43 and Maple Road, and the intersection of Murphy Boulevard and South Jackson Street.

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Carl Junction1.2 miles18
Stringtown2.1 miles18
Thoms2.8 miles18
Smithfield3.2 miles18
Airport Drive3.4 miles18
Tuckahoe3.9 miles18
Klondike3.9 miles18
Oronogo4.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 718919. 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.