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.
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.
Carter County Courthouselisted 2022 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1944 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Van Buren South quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Van Buren South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark National Scenic River | FREE STORE |
| 22 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BLUE RIDGE |
| 1 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BLUE RIDGE ROAD FIRE |
| 5 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 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 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.
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Van Buren | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and some power lines near the intersection of Hwy C and Hwy 60 southwest of Van Buren. |
| December 2021 | Flood | South 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicopee | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Van Buren | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| House Creek | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Chilton | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Eastwood | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Keeney Corner | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fremont | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Crites Corner | 10.5 miles | 11 |
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 Q49368158 | The 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.







