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One of 6 National Register listings published here for Pulaski County · listed in 2017 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Piney Beach
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- Address. 1280 Tank Ln., Hooker
- When was it listed? April 2017
- Category. district
- Also known as. Route 66 in Missouri MPS
- Township. Cullen township
- National Register reference number. 100000567 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Piney Beach between 1992 and 2019, burning about 785 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PJ WF |
| 12 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DECKER RIDGE |
| 10 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 307 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BIG PINEY |
| 8 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 86 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | THREE STEVE'S |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Piney Beach: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Elbow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fred Gray Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Ready Mix Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooker, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Tornado (EF3) | Hooker | 3 hurt, $1,000,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-3 tornado tracked across a rural section of northeast Pulaski County. A few homes and several outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado then tracked into northeast Phelps County. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooker | $15,000 | Several large chicken coops were rolled over and a barn had a portion of its roof removed. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooker | $1,000 | Trees were reported down near the intersection of Highway 28 and Highway PP. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hooker | - | Report of half dollar size hail. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Hooker | - | Cliff Road was flooded and impassable at Prewitt Creek near the Gasconade River. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooker | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 28. Dime size hail was also reported. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooker | - | A tree was blown over the roadway blocking one lane of traffic on Highway 28 and Highway PP. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hooker | - | no account filed |
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.
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Devil's Elbow Historic District | 0.6 miles | 2017 |
| Onyx Cave | 3.5 miles | 1999 | |
 | Old Stagecoach Stop | 7.1 miles | 1980 |
 | Pulaski County Courthouse | 7.1 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000567 in Record Group 79. |
| Pulaski County | All 6 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.