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Argyle, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65001. The Survey maps it on the Argyle quadrangle.

Argyle within Osage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Argyle between 1992 and 2014, burning about 352 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
11 April 1993Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 March 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 March 1992Debris and open burning27 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 March 1992Debris and open burning97 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 March 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 March 1994Debris and open burning110 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Argyle: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Schlief QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argyle in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Argyle-A small tornado formed just to the west northwest of Argyle, MO and traveled east northeast to just northeast of Freeburg, MO. The tornado was at its strongest at the very beginning as it destroyed a hay barn, snapped and uprooted trees. The rest of the path consisted of occasional downed trees and broken large tree limbs. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 7.26 miles and a max path width of 75 yards.
April 2017FloodArgyle-The Maries River rose to major flood levels for a couple of hours due to the heavy rainfall in the basin. A number of county and state roads near the river were flooded. However, no structures were affected by the flooding.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Thunderstorm winds snapped a couple of trees and caused considerable damage to a shed in Argyle.
July 2010Flash FloodArgyle-Up to five inches of rain fell in just four hours on already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway CC at the intersection with U.S. Highway 50 and County Road 806 southeast of Highway CC.
April 1998HailArgyle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Koeltztown2.3 miles17
Freeburg5.5 miles17
Babbtown6.8 miles17
Meta7.6 miles17
Gascondy8.7 miles17
Daggetts Ford (historical)9.6 miles17
Folk9.6 miles17
Westphalia10.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729274. 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.