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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.

Vanzant within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 14 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

58 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 May 1997Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2015Debris and open burning59 acresMissouri Department of Conservation126850-03400-05012015-1700
9 April 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBRUSHY MILL
9 April 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wood LandIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

54 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2001HailVanzant$250,000no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindVanzant$30,000Downburst winds destroyed one barn and damaged a roof to a second barn.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindVanzant$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and uprooted trees.
April 2015Tornado (EF1)Vanzant$15,000A 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 2006Tornado (F0)Vanzant$15,000A weak tornado briefly touched down and flipped over a mobile home in a rural section of northeast Douglas County.
May 2025HailVanzant$10,000Report of golf ball size hail.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindVanzant$10,000Several trees were blown down near Highway 95. A tree was blown on to a car near Highway V.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindVanzant$10,000A row of 20 foot wide trees were downed on top of a barn which sustained damage.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindVanzant$5,000The fire department reported 18-inch diameter trees down across 95 Highway in Drury.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindVanzant$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindVanzant$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed an outbuilding in rural northeast Douglas County.
April 1994HailVanzant$50no account filed
June 2024HailVanzant-Hail to the size of quarters fell in Drury.
May 2024HailVanzant-Report of golf ball size hail.
May 2024HailVanzant-Report of baseball size hail. Damage estimates from this hail are summarized elsewhere in this report.
April 2023HailVanzant-Quarter sized hail was reported.
December 2021HailVanzant-Nickle sized hail was reported.
December 2021HailVanzant-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindVanzant-Several large trees were reported down.
May 2020HailVanzant-Golf ball sized hail was reported in a mainly rural area.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindVanzant-Several trees were reported down on Highway 95 near Drury.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindVanzant-Many trees were blown down along Highway 95.
January 2018Thunderstorm WindVanzant-A medium sized tree was knocked down near Shannon Ranch.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindVanzant-Several large trees were blown down around the city of Vanzant.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindVanzant-Small tree limbs were blown down in Drury.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindVanzant-There were three large trees blown down on Highway 95.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindVanzant-Numerous of trees were blown down on Highway 95 and Route W.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindVanzant-Several trees were blown down across eastern Douglas County.
September 2012Heavy RainVanzant-A public report relayed by media of a storm total rainfall of 4 inches had fallen from overnight storms.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindVanzant-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindVanzant-A couple of trees were downed into some power lines near Vanzant as a result of a passing thunderstorm.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindVanzant-Straight line winds downed trees in eastern sections of Douglas County as a line of thunderstorms passed through.
September 2004Heavy RainVanzant-A co-op observer measured 1.50 inches of rain in 15 minutes.
June 1995HailVanzant-A severe storm downed numerous limbs and produced golf ball-size hail.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindVanzant-A severe storm downed numerous limbs and produced golf ball-size hail.
May 2018HailVanzant-no account filed
April 2017HailVanzant-no account filed
July 2011HailVanzant-no account filed
May 2011HailVanzant-no account filed
March 2008HailVanzant-no account filed
March 2008HailVanzant-no account filed
May 2008HailVanzant-no account filed
March 2006HailVanzant-no account filed
April 2006HailVanzant-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindVanzant-no account filed
November 2005HailVanzant-no account filed
March 2003HailVanzant-no account filed
April 2003Flash FloodVanzant-no account filed
April 2003HailVanzant-no account filed
July 2003HailVanzant-no account filed
May 2002HailVanzant-no account filed
May 2002HailVanzant-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindVanzant-no account filed
May 1996HailVanzant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Prior2.2 miles14
Drury2.9 miles14
Denlow3.8 miles14
Goodville4.3 miles14
Holtville4.3 miles14
Buckhart5.3 miles14
Champion5.4 miles13
Tedrick (historical)5.5 miles14

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 VanzantAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11226788The 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.