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Schuyler County, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover 14 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

2 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Missouri within the United States
Schuyler County within Missouri

What the record shows

  • 118 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings.
  • 1 of the 2 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 14 populated places in this county; 14 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

2

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Downing Railroad Depotbuilding198383001037
Hall, William P., Housebuilding197575001073

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

30 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 30 of them, burning about 632 acres. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined170 acresMissouri Department of Conservation121882-09828-03312015-1525
21 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined140 acresMissouri Department of ConservationLANCASTER FIRE
23 March 2002Debris and open burning100 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2002Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 March 2002Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 2014Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 March 2002Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 1992Arson/incendiarism17 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1955 to 2025

60 of 97 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 97 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 4 injuries and about $2,792,780 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail38
Thunderstorm Wind36
Flash Flood14
Tornado9

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Flash FloodLancaster1 killedFlash flooding caused pavement over a culvert to give way. This caused the front end of a vehicle, to fall through the roadway. While attempting to get out of the vehicle, a 32 year old male, was swept away by the current and drowned.
January 1967Tornado (F4)not stated2 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 1955Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindGlenwood$50,000Roofs blown off a post office and American Legion buildings. Trees and telephone lines also down.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindLancaster$50,000The county sheriff reported wind damage to the roof of a house.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindGlenwood$50,000The county sheriff reported two damaged garages in Glenwood. A television weatherman from KTVO in Kirksville reported several signs blown down and a mobile home flipped over at Lancaster. Time was estimated.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindLancaster$50,000The county sheriff reported two damaged garages in Glenwood. A television weatherman from KTVO in Kirksville reported several signs blown down and a mobile home flipped over at Lancaster. Time was estimated.
October 1970Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 2006Tornado (F1)Lancaster$15,000Tornado touched down along D highway 1.75 miles south-southeast of Lancaster at 1935 CST. A damage path was noted for 1.1 miles, and the storm damaged 3 farmsteads directly. The first farmstead had an outbuilding destroyed and windows blown out of the farmhouse. As the tornado moved south, two barns were destroyed at the second farmstead. Near Gray's Drive and Highway D, just southwest of the D and V Highway intersection, additional damage was noted to a third farmstead, with significant low-end F1 damage to outbuildings. Numerous trees and power lines were also downed along Highway D. Anecdotal observations suggest the tornado turned left before dissipating at 1938 CST, and then may have looped back north along Highway D to near the Highways D and V intersection, where minor damage was noted to a fourth homestead.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLancaster$10,000Damage to building and sheds blown over along Highway 63.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDowning$8,000A 150 foot long hog confinement building, had half of its roof ripped off. An unknown number of dead hogs were observed. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindQueen City$5,000no account filed
May 1973Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindQueen City$1,000Two power poles were snapped.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLancaster$1,000Machine shed had roof torn partially off. Tree damage around Highway V.
May 1973Tornado (F1)not stated$250no account filed
May 1970Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGreentop-Downed wires reported in Greentop.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindQueen City-Estimated 60 to 70 mph wind gusts were reported in Queen City.
August 2024HailQueen City-Social media photo of quarter size hail from Queen City.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLancaster-Multiple large tree limbs downed and 5 power poles downed or damaged in Lancaster.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLancaster-Volunteer fire fighter records a 60 mph measured gust on a personal weather station.
May 2023HailGlenwood-Golf ball sized hail was reported in NW Schuyler County.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGlenwood Jct-Telephone poles were blown down by strong winds.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindQueen City-A gas station sign in Queen City was damaged due to strong thunderstorm winds.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindDowning-Trees, power lines, and other miscellaneous damage was reported the next day by local media.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDowning-A tree fell on a camper trailer parked at a residential home. also, a tree and power pole were both down in the town, with power out.
June 2015Flash FloodGermania-Route U was closed due to high water of 2 to 3 feet running over the the road.
June 2015Flash FloodGuinn-Numerous roads in and around Lancaster were flooded.
July 2015Flash FloodLancaster-Water was over Highway 136 east of Highway 63.
July 2015Flash FloodLancaster-Water was over Highway 136 east of Lancaster.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGreentop-A shed was blown down along Route K.
June 2015Flash FloodCoatsville-Several roads in Schuyler County were closed due to high water. Among them were Routes A, C, D, E, and H. 1st and 3td Streets were closed in Queen City.
June 2014Flash FloodQueen City-Numerous roads have water flowing over them between Lancaster and Queen City.
June 2014Flash FloodQueen City-State Route U was closed due to flooding.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Germania-This tornado damaged several houses and destroyed several outbuildings near the intersection of Davis Hill Rd/Punkin Hill Rd and State highway V. It also damaged trees, crops and fences along its path.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLancaster-Widespread tree damage was reported. A tractor trailer was blown over. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
July 2010Flash FloodQueen City-State Highway H was closed at Elm Creek, due to flash flooding.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
May 2009Flash FloodQueen City-State Route U was closed due to flooding.
July 2008Flash FloodLancaster-Routes U and M were closed due to high water.
June 2008Flash FloodLancaster-Several county roads were flooded.
July 2008Flash FloodGuinn-Many rural roads were under water due to heavy rains.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCoatsville-Tree was reported blown down.
August 2007Flash FloodGlenwood-Portion of a road near Glenwood washed out due to flash flooding.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCoatsville-Tree damage occurred along with electricity outages.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Greentop-Tornado captured on video by KTVO news crew in open country. It was as much as 1/4 mile wide at times and occurred in open country.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindDowning-Trees and limbs up to 12 inches in diameter were downed.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLancaster-Corn was flattened, and trim was torn off a house.
April 1999HailQueen City-Dime size hail covered the ground.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindQueen City-Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted trees 1 to 2 feet in diameter in Queen City.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindQueen City-The Schuyler County Sheriff's Office reported 2 large trees down in Queen City and several power poles blown down in Downing as a result of severe thunderstorm winds.
May 1997HailLancaster-The Schuyler County Sherrif's office reported golfball-size hail a mile southeast of Lancaster and dime-size hail 2 miles northwest of Downing.
May 1997HailGreentop-Spotters reported one inch diameter hail 5 miles east of Greentop.
May 2020HailDowning-no account filed
June 2019HailGreentop-no account filed
August 2019HailLancaster-no account filed
May 2019HailGreentop-no account filed
April 2016HailDowning-no account filed
June 2015HailLancaster-no account filed

Mines and quarries

5 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 5 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction5

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

14

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Schuyler County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.