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Havenhurst, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pineville South Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64856. It stands on Little Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jane quadrangle.

Havenhurst within McDonald County

On record in Havenhurst

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Havenhurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,040 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179094-06021-09162019-1500
21 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220631-06021-08212020-1530
9 July 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 July 1992Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1994Arson/incendiarism200 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Arson/incendiarism11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Debris and open burning15 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Havenhurst: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Jeffers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lanagan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Truitt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDonald County

Storms near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Havenhurst in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 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
June 2015FloodHavenhurst$25,000There was a water rescue of a stranded car on Cyclone Road in McDonald County. This storm report will contain the overall storm damage estimates across the entire McDonald County for this storm event. Several roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
April 2021Flash FloodHavenhurst-Route K was closed at Little Sugar Creek due to flooding after it rose sharply to a stage of nearly 16 feet.
October 2019Heavy RainHavenhurst-The Mesonet station LSGM7 at the Little Sugar Creek at Pineville reported 2.27 inches of rainfall.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindHavenhurst-A tree was blown down across Highway H approximately 3 miles southwest of Pineville.
July 2016Flash FloodHavenhurst-Ten feet of water was flowing over Old 88 Highway.
December 2015FloodHavenhurst-The Little Sugar Creek southeast of Pineville exceeded flood stage.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHavenhurst-A tree was blown down across Brush Creek Road.
May 2011Flash FloodHavenhurst-Elk River Road west of Pinevile was closed due to high water.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHavenhurst-A large tree was reported down across Highway K blocking traffic.
March 2010Flash FloodHavenhurst-The Elk River near Pineville was reported to be one foot out of its banks and flooding a low lying campground.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHavenhurst-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree across Highway K east of Pineville.
March 2017HailHavenhurst-no account filed
April 2008HailHavenhurst-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
Pineville0.9 miles13
Sugar Beach1.5 miles13
Crag O Lea2.1 miles13
Deep Ford2.2 miles13
Poole Ford2.4 miles13
Riverside Inn3.1 miles13
Griffin Ford3.9 miles13
Bosky Dell4.0 miles13

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 HavenhurstAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q39050439The 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 719215. 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.