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Argentville, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Burr Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63389. The Survey maps it on the Luckett Ridge quadrangle.

Argentville within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Argentville between 2011 and 2013, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7

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 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 February 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 February 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 February 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 January 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Argentville: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Meyer Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argentville in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindArgentville$5,000A large tree snapped and fell onto power lines nearby.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindArgentville-Thunderstorm winds downed power lines on Ethlyn Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindArgentville-In an area from about 4 miles west of Foley south to Old Monroe, widespread tree and power line damaged occurred. Also, in Old Monroe the fire department's repeater tower was blown down.
April 2008HailArgentville-Hail was covering the ground at the intersection of Highway W and Mansion Road.
April 2014HailArgentville-no account filed
May 2010HailArgentville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
New Salem (historical)0.2 miles12
Chantilly (historical)2.7 miles22
Winfield3.4 miles27
Burr Oak (historical)3.5 miles12
Foley3.6 miles15
Highview (historical)4.2 miles22
Fountain N' Lakes4.3 miles22
Parkers Park4.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740633. 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.