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Huzzah, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Courtois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. It lies near Marys Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Huzzah quadrangle.

Huzzah within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

66 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Huzzah between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,724 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 37 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
Arson/incendiarism37
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 April 2006Debris and open burning1.6 acresMark Twain National ForestCRABTREE
5 April 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution7.1 acresMark Twain National ForestYANKEE
5 April 2005Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresMark Twain National ForestHOBO TURNOFF
5 April 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHOBO JUNKYARD
4 April 2000Debris and open burning55 acresMark Twain National ForestWOODS LAKE
30 April 1997Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresMark Twain National ForestPOWERLINE
29 April 1997Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresMark Twain National ForestWESTOVER DUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Huzzah: 31 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc. 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
Kellogg ShaftBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Poverty Flat WorkingsZinc, LeadPast Producer1890
Jumbo ShaftLead, Barium-Barite, ZincOccurrenceBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Jumbo ShaftBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Kellogg ShaftLead, Barium-Barite, ZincOccurrenceBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Kings Mountain MinesBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Dry Bone ShaftLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Green's Hill MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huzzah in 1 storm report in 2025: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Huzzah-At 3:13 PM, a tornado began southwest of Berryman, MO in east-central Crawford County, producing damage to trees in the northern half of Mark Twain National Forest. In Crawford County the tornado had a path length of 2.32 miles with a maximum path width of 50 yards. It was rated an EF0.

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Berryman3.4 miles23
Westover3.9 miles21
Center Post4.5 miles20
Service4.7 miles21
Four Points4.7 miles23
Butts6.3 miles21
Cherry Valley6.8 miles22
Davisville6.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750437. 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.