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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1943 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Berryman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1978 USGS Huzzah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Huzzah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CRABTREE |
| 5 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | YANKEE |
| 5 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.7 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOBO TURNOFF |
| 5 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | HOBO JUNKYARD |
| 4 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WOODS LAKE |
| 30 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 29 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WESTOVER DUMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellogg Shaft | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Poverty Flat Workings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Jumbo Shaft | Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc | Occurrence | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Jumbo Shaft | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Kellogg Shaft | Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc | Occurrence | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Kings Mountain Mines | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Bone Shaft | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Green's Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berryman | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Westover | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Center Post | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Service | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Four Points | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Butts | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Cherry Valley | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Davisville | 6.8 miles | 20 |
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.













