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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.

Keltner within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

104 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism66
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
24 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National Forestnot named
15 August 1996Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 1996Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,212 acresMark Twain National ForestMARTIN
29 July 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresMark Twain National ForestRADIO
7 May 1997Debris and open burning11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresMark Twain National ForestLITTLE CEDAR CREEK
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestRADIO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dysart DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Campbell + Hans DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Goose DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Hall + Roberd DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Harver DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Rassieur MinesLeadPast Producer
Sheep DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Boaz MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Burkhardts DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Christian County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026FloodKeltner-Keltner Road in Christian County was closed due to flooding.
March 2026FloodKeltner-Buck Road in Christian County was closed due to flooding.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKeltner-Multiple large trees were reported down along and across Highways T and DD.
May 2020Flash FloodKeltner-Multiple locations on Highway T between Oldfield and Keltner along Swan Creek were flooded and impassable.
April 2019Tornado (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 2012Thunderstorm WindKeltner-Several large trees were blown down.
April 2003HailKeltner-no account filed
November 2001HailKeltner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Christian 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
Elkhead3.2 miles14
Bruner3.7 miles14
Abadyl4.8 miles14
Oldfield4.9 miles13
Velsor5.8 miles23
Chadwick6.4 miles13
Sparta7.4 miles23
Garrison9.7 miles13

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.