Ozark Beach, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Swan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65653. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Branson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Branson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Branson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Ozark Beach between 1993 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178259-10604-09262018-1503 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179441-10604-08092019-1940 |
| 31 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251307-10604-08312020-2019 |
| 5 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179440-10604-07052019-0907 |
| 4 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 July 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ozark Beach: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Moon Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Syler Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead - Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Table Rock Sand + Gravel Pit + Plan | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ozark Beach in 2 storm reports in 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozark Beach | - | A NWS storm survey revealed straight line winds snapped multiple cedar trees. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozark Beach | - | Several trees were blown down in Empire Park near Powersite. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater Beach | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Powersite | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Forsyth | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Shepherd of the Hills Estates | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Mildred | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Kirbyville | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rockaway Beach | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Long Beach | 3.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 723934. 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.









