Vanzant, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Bryan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65768. The Survey maps it on the Vanzant quadrangle. It stands 1,178 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1937 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Vanzant quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Vanzant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Vanzant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,240 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 59 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 126850-03400-05012015-1700 |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BRUSHY MILL |
| 9 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Vanzant: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Land | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
54 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vanzant in 54 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Hail | Vanzant | $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | $30,000 | Downburst winds destroyed one barn and damaged a roof to a second barn. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and uprooted trees. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Vanzant | $15,000 | A NWS storm survey found an EF-1 tornado tracked near Vanzant with an approximate 1 mile long path. Several outbuildings were destroyed and numerous trees were uprooted. Several power lines were blown over. Winds were estimated up to 100 mph. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Vanzant | $15,000 | A weak tornado briefly touched down and flipped over a mobile home in a rural section of northeast Douglas County. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Vanzant | $10,000 | Report of golf ball size hail. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down near Highway 95. A tree was blown on to a car near Highway V. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | $10,000 | A row of 20 foot wide trees were downed on top of a barn which sustained damage. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | $5,000 | The fire department reported 18-inch diameter trees down across 95 Highway in Drury. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed an outbuilding in rural northeast Douglas County. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Vanzant | $50 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Vanzant | - | Hail to the size of quarters fell in Drury. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Vanzant | - | Report of golf ball size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Vanzant | - | Report of baseball size hail. Damage estimates from this hail are summarized elsewhere in this report. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Vanzant | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Vanzant | - | Nickle sized hail was reported. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Vanzant | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | Several large trees were reported down. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Vanzant | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported in a mainly rural area. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | Several trees were reported down on Highway 95 near Drury. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | Many trees were blown down along Highway 95. |
| January 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | A medium sized tree was knocked down near Shannon Ranch. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | Several large trees were blown down around the city of Vanzant. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | Small tree limbs were blown down in Drury. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | There were three large trees blown down on Highway 95. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | Numerous of trees were blown down on Highway 95 and Route W. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | Several trees were blown down across eastern Douglas County. |
| September 2012 | Heavy Rain | Vanzant | - | A public report relayed by media of a storm total rainfall of 4 inches had fallen from overnight storms. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | A couple of trees were downed into some power lines near Vanzant as a result of a passing thunderstorm. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | Straight line winds downed trees in eastern sections of Douglas County as a line of thunderstorms passed through. |
| September 2004 | Heavy Rain | Vanzant | - | A co-op observer measured 1.50 inches of rain in 15 minutes. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Vanzant | - | A severe storm downed numerous limbs and produced golf ball-size hail. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | A severe storm downed numerous limbs and produced golf ball-size hail. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Flash Flood | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Vanzant | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Vanzant | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11226788 | 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 752693. 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.











