Hartshorn, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Current Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65479. The Survey maps it on the Hartshorn quadrangle. It stands 1,309 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1932 USGS Cedar Grove quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Cedargrove quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Hartshorn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Hartshorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,609 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 burning | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179448-10163-08122019-1835 |
| 6 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | BYRANT |
| 15 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177258-10163-07152018-1456 |
| 14 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177257-10163-07142018-1101 |
| 25 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178955-10163-06252019-1620 |
| 8 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hartshorn: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambert Mine | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| McKenzie Bank No. 2 | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Speer's Mountain | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Wayne Iron and Lumber Company, Land No. 1. | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartshorn in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2006 | Hail | Hartshorn | 1 hurt | An 80 year old man sustained minor injuries from being caught outside as golf ball sized hail occurred. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Hartshorn | $10,000 | An EF-0 tornado briefly touched down approximately 4 miles north of Hartshorn in Texas County. Numerous large trees were uprooted, and a few smaller trees were snapped. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartshorn | $10,000 | Damage was reported to several barns and outbuildings. Several trees and power lines were reported blown down. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Hartshorn | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Hartshorn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midvale | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Eunice | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Summersville | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Nile | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Big Creek | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Yukon | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ashley Creek | 9.6 miles | 21 | |
| Raymondville | 10.1 miles | 18 |
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 Hartshorn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5675295 | 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 719184. 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.












