Owls Bend, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65466. It stands on Bloom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Powder Mill Ferry quadrangle.
On record in Owls Bend
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Chilton-Williams Farm Complexlisted 1981 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1928 USGS Cardareva quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Cardareva quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1965 USGS Powder Mill Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1997 USGS Powder Mill Ferry quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Owls Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,007 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | MACY |
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | WEST BLUE SPRING |
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | MARTIN BLUFF |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | KLEPZIG MILL |
| 25 June 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | ROBERTS |
| 3 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Owls Bend: 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Creek Prospect | Lead | Prospect | 1962 | |
| Bonanza Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Freeman Land | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Jacks Fork Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| James Jones Land | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Manganese | Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
23 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Owls Bend in 23 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 18 flood, 5 flash flood. 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 | Owls Bend | - | State Highway NN was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | State Highway NN was closed due to flooding at Rocky Creek. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Owls Bend | - | Route NN was closed due to flooding of Rocky Creek. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Owls Bend | - | State Highway NN was closed due to flooding along Rocky Creek. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Highway NN at Rocky Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Highway NN at Rocky Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Owls Bend | - | Highway NN at Rocky Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| March 2022 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Highway NN at Rocky Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | State Highway NN was closed at Rocky Creek due to flooding. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Highway NN at the Rocky Creek low water crossing was impassible due to flooding over the roadway. |
| October 2020 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Highway NN at Rocky Creek was closed due to flooding at the low water crossing. |
| January 2019 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Route NN was closed due to flooding along Rocky Creek southeast of Eminence. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | MODOT reported a flooded low-water crossing at Route NN and Rocky Creek due to heavy rainfall. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Highway NN was closed both east and west bound at Rocky Creek due to a flooded low-water crossing. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | State Highway NN was closed due to flooding along Rocky Creek. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Route NN at Rocky Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Route NN was closed. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | MODOT reported that Route NN was closed in both directions in the vicinity of Rocky Creek. |
| February 2013 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | MODOT reported that the low water crossing along Highway NN was flooded. |
| January 2013 | Flash Flood | Owls Bend | - | MODOT reported that Highway NN was flooded and closed. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Owls Bend | - | Route NN from Route H to 4.4 miles east of Route H was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | A low water crossing on state Highway NN was flooded and closed. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Owls Bend | - | Route NN along Rocky Creek was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gang | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Deslet | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Junction Ferry | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Shawne | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Beal | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Brushy Mill (historical) | 8.7 miles | 20 | |
| Himont (historical) | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Eminence | 9.3 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739898. 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.













