Hunter, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63943. The Survey maps it on the Hunter quadrangle. 95 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresHunter fell from 168 to 95 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 168 | |
| 2020 | 95 | -73 (-43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1944 USGS Grandin quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Grandin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hunter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Hunter between 1992 and 2017, burning about 580 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark National Scenic River | KELLY |
| 5 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | AFTERNOON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Hunter: 4 prospects, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayes Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Mine # 21 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Tract # 17 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Tract # 2 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Tract # 20 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tract # 24 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Tract # 25 | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Tract # 26 | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
15 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunter in 15 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down throughout the Current River Valley in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Some trees were blocking access roads. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $8,000 | Large tree limbs were down, and one tree was snapped. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $6,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Hunter | $2,000 | A few trees and tree limbs were downed along Highway E near the Current River. Peak winds were estimated near 70 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $1,000 | A large live oak tree was blown down on Highway 21. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $1,000 | A large picture window was blown out of a residence. |
| September 2025 | Flood | Hunter | - | Flooding issues developed in Southeastern Carter County between Ellsinore and Grandin as early and late morning rounds of heavy rainfall combined to result in a radar estimated 2.5-5 inches of rainfall over the area. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Hunter | - | The funnel cloud was reported by a trained spotter. |
| March 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Hunter | - | The funnel cloud was reported by the public. This tornadic storm later produced a tornado in northern Butler County northwest and north of Poplar Bluff. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Hunter | - | A swath of large hail extended from west to east across parts of the county. Quarter-size hail was reported on Highway 21 near U.S. Highway 60, between Hunter and Ellsinore. Quarter-size hail occurred on U.S. Highway 60 near Ellsinore. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Hunter | - | This funnel cloud was associated with a long-lived rotating wall cloud that later tracked across the Ellsinore area. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hunter | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crites Corner | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Grandin | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Chilton | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ellsinore | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Homestead (historical) | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Eastwood | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Barren (historical) | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Chicopee | 10.6 miles | 13 |
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 Hunter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459746 | 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 750422. 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.






