Keltner, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Lead Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65720. It stands on Peters Branch. The Survey maps it on the Keltner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 13 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.
- 1937 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bradleyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Keltner quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Keltner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
104 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Keltner between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,776 acres in total. None started naturally. 66 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 | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 15 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,212 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MARTIN |
| 29 July 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RADIO |
| 7 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LITTLE CEDAR CREEK |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RADIO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Keltner: 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysart Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell + Hans Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Goose Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hall + Roberd Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Harver Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Rassieur Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Sheep Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Boaz Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Burkhardts Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keltner in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Flood | Keltner | - | Keltner Road in Christian County was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Keltner | - | Buck Road in Christian County was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keltner | - | Multiple large trees were reported down along and across Highways T and DD. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Keltner | - | Multiple locations on Highway T between Oldfield and Keltner along Swan Creek were flooded and impassable. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Keltner | - | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 touched down near Guffy Creek in extreme eastern Christian County, and tracked into western Douglas County. The tornado was on the ground for approximately seven minutes along its 2 mile total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 80 mph. The tornado presented a TDS on radar. The tornado moved across rural, mainly forested areas of extreme eastern Christian County where numerous trees were damaged or uprooted. The track of the tornado continued into western Douglas County. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keltner | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Keltner | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Hail | Keltner | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750583. 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.











