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Zenar, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Fordland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65652. The Survey maps it on the Bruner quadrangle.

Zenar within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Zenar between 1992 and 2017, burning about 730 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning170 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Zenar: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, 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
White BankIronPast Producer
Gates MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Harpers MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Mcclellan DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Purdham DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this place

14 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zenar in 14 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindZenar$125,000Significant damage was reported to industrial buildings with sheet metal peeled off and blown towards the east and southeast. A National Weather Service survey indicated that the degree of damage was caused by 70 mph straight line winds.
October 2019Tornado (EF1)Zenar$35,000This is the continuation of the EF-1 tornado that initially touched down in Christian County. The EF-1 tornado crossed into Webster County along Paradise Drive at around 1:24 Am and continued on the ground for another 4 minutes and 2 miles before lifting just east southeast of Rogersville. Numerous trees were uprooted or broken and several more outbuildings were damaged or destroyed along its path in Webster County before the tornado dissipated. The tornado had a maximum wind of 100 mph and was 250 yards wide along its total 6.5 mile long track.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindZenar$30,000A NWS storm survey team determined that a microburst, with estimated 85 mph winds, uprooted numerous large trees at a residence at the intersection of Highway U and Sprout Spring Road. A large barn was destroyed at the intersection of Sprout Spring Road and Road 34.
January 2008Tornado (EF0)Zenar$8,000A weak tornado caused intermittent damage across rural sections of southern Webster County. Minor damage to a few outbuildings and trees resulted from this tornado.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindZenar$5,000Power poles were blown down.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindZenar-A large tree was reported down at the intersection of White Oak and Bobcat Roads.
March 2025HailZenar-Hail to the size of quarters fell east of Rogersville on Highway 60.
May 2025Flash FloodZenar-There were several roads flooded in Webster County, including Peck Road in the southwest part of the county.
April 2017Heavy RainZenar-The CoCoRaHS station MO-WB-31, about two miles east of Rogersville, measured 2.27 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindZenar-Numerous tree limbs were blown down near Highway 60 about three miles east of Rogersville.
July 2016FloodZenar-Secondary roads were flooded along the tributaries of the Finley River, Little Finley River, and Panther Creek.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindZenar-The public reported 60 mph winds.
September 2010Flash FloodZenar-The low water crossing on Peck Hollow Road was reported flooded and impassable.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindZenar-A large tree was blown down, blocking one west bound lane of Highway 60.

Every storm recorded in Webster 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
Olga3.4 miles14
Fordland4.6 miles14
Rogersville4.8 miles23
Henderson5.7 miles21
All6.8 miles21
Panther Valley6.9 miles21
Sarvis Point7.0 miles14
Finley Falls7.5 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 ZenarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30595244The 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 741380. 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.