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South Van Buren, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Carter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63965. It lies near Walker Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Van Buren South quadrangle.

South Van Buren within Carter County

On record in South Van Buren

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of South Van Buren between 1992 and 2019, burning about 672 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
28 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverFREE STORE
22 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 June 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBLUE RIDGE
1 May 1997Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestBLUE RIDGE ROAD FIRE
5 April 2002Arson/incendiarism46 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of South Van Buren: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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
UnknownIronPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownGranitePast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Van Buren in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 1 flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Van Buren$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and some power lines near the intersection of Hwy C and Hwy 60 southwest of Van Buren.
December 2021FloodSouth Van Buren-Emergency management officials reported some lesser travelled roads were impassable, mainly access roads to camping areas. Low water crossings on these roads were flooded.

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Chicopee0.5 miles13
Van Buren0.5 miles13
House Creek3.3 miles20
Chilton6.2 miles12
Eastwood6.8 miles13
Keeney Corner7.4 miles17
Fremont8.4 miles14
Crites Corner10.5 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q49368158The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726793. 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.