Ava Ranger Station Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

From the record

“Ava Ranger Station Historic District is a national historic district located near Ava, Douglas County, Missouri. The district encompasses five frame and limestone buildings constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936.”
Wikipedia article Ava Ranger Station Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 1 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 2003 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. MO 5S, Ava, 65608
When was it listed? August 2003
Category. district
Also known as. Mark Twain National Forest MPS
Township. Benton township
National Register reference number. 03000714 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Ava Ranger Station Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 378 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 burning	25
Arson/incendiarism	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
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
18 September 2000	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
18 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 August 2020	Debris and open burning	7.1 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	220621-03401-08052020-1645
17 August 2020	Debris and open burning	1.7 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	230875-03401-08172020-1315
13 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	220622-03401-08132020-2108
12 August 2019	Debris and open burning	5.2 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	179174-03401-08122019-2052
25 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.6 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	179173-03401-06252019-2142
7 April 2019	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	179168-03401-04072019-1254

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ava Ranger Station Historic District: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Browning Land	Iron	Past Producer
Sanders & Son Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown - S+G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Welton Sand and Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ava Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Barnes Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hart Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Silvey Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Singleton Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this property

60 of 237 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ava, the town this property stands in, in 237 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 87 thunderstorm wind, 49 hail, 45 flash flood, 41 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2015	Flash Flood	Ava	$1,000,000	The city park in Ava flooded as well as Highway 5 and Highway Y. There was flooding into driveways of homes along Highway 14 at Hutchinson Street and at 10th Street. This storm report will contain the overall flood damage estimates across Douglas County for this storm event. There were several episodes and heavy rainfall events which led to a compound affect to the flooding damage. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$500,000	A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that straight line winds damaged areas of southwest and central sections of Ava. These straight line winds caused damage to several businesses located on the square. Power poles and trees were also heavily damaged. This same storm eventually produced a tornado on the northern section of Ava.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$100,000	Numerous power poles were snapped or down in the town of Ava. Minor to moderate damage was reported to several buildings in the downtown area. A strong microburst caused 70 t 80 mph winds.
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Ava	$100,000	A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in the northeast section of Ava. Wind speeds were estimated at 80 mph. Damage was limited to trees and minor house damage.
April 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$75,000	A NWS storm survey concluded that three large outbuildings were slightly to heavily damaged from high winds.
May 2002	Hail	Ava	$75,000	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Ava	$60,000	Report of baseball size hail.
September 2006	Hail	Ava	$50,000	A severe thunderstorm produced baseball size hail breaking 70 skylights at a Walmart supercenter.
May 2021	Lightning	Ava	$37,000	Lightning struck the Ava High School damaging seven network switches.
May 2025	Hail	Ava	$25,000	Report of golf ball size hail.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$25,000	A sturdy 30 feet by 50 feet garage was removed from the foundation and blown 200 yards to the east.
May 2009	Lightning	Ava	$20,000	A barn caught on fire and burned to the ground from a lightning strike.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$10,000	Multiple trees down on County Road 401 south of Ava, and a section of a barn was damaged.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$10,000	A large tree was blown over onto a parked car.
May 2017	Lightning	Ava	$10,000	Lightning struck a home. The owner indicated sparks from appliances when the lightning hit the house.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$10,000	Several trees were blown down around the Ava area. One tree fell on a car.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$10,000	Several trees were down at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 5. A flag pole was blown down. Several power lines were also blown down.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$10,000	Several power poles snapped and trees blown down.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$10,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a mobile home and downed several trees.
September 2001	Lightning	Ava	$10,000	no account filed
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$10,000	no account filed
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$8,000	Several large tree limbs were reported down on power lines.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$7,000	no account filed
March 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$6,000	Three telephone polls were blown down near Highway 14 and County Road 305.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$5,000	A trailer suffered minor damage.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$5,000	A large limb was reported down on the roof of a home causing minor damage.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$5,000	A large tree was reported down on a home. Minor damage to the home occurred.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$5,000	Several tree limbs were blown down onto phone lines.
December 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$5,000	Numerous trees and power poles were knocked over from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$5,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed powerlines in the Sweden area.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
April 1993	Hail	Ava	$5,000	Several roofs received minor damage.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$5,000	no account filed
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees on County Road 206 east of Ava.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$2,000	Several large limbs were blown down around town along with isolated power outages.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$2,000	no account filed
September 2006	Hail	Ava	$1,500	Baseball sized hail knocked out two windshields at the ambulance station.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$1,000	Report of a tree down.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$1,000	Report of a tree down.
March 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$1,000	A large tree was uprooted on east Highway 14 in Ava.
March 2023	Flash Flood	Ava	$1,000	Street flooding from heavy rainfall caused water to enter the Town and County Supermarket.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$1,000	An uprooted tree was lying against the high school in Ava. Only very minor damage occurred.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$1,000	Siding was ripped off a mobile home in Ava.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$1,000	A tree was blown down onto power lines.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$1,000	Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree across Highway Y east of Ava.
December 2008	Flash Flood	Ava	$1,000	Excessive rainfall caused several city streets to flood. This urban flooding led to water running into one home.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds downed large trees.
May 1994	Hail	Ava	$50	Reported by the police on the east side of town.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	-	Several large limbs were reported down.
April 2026	Hail	Ava	-	Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2026	Flood	Ava	-	State Highway FF at Hunter Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025	Hail	Ava	-	Quarter sized hail was reported by multiple spotters in the area.
April 2025	Flash Flood	Ava	-	Route FF at Hunter Creek was closed due to flooding.
April 2025	Flash Flood	Ava	-	Route FF at Hunter Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025	Flood	Ava	-	State Highway FF at Hunter Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ava	-	A large tree was reported down.
May 2025	Heavy Rain	Ava	-	Storm total rainfall amount of 7.89 inches from May 23 through May 27.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Ava	-	Route FF was flooded at Hunter Creek.
March 2024	Flood	Ava	-	State Highway FF was closed at Hunter Creek east of Ava due to flooding.
May 2024	Hail	Ava	-	Report of golf ball size hail.

Every storm recorded in Douglas County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03000714 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Douglas County	All 1 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.