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Arno, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It stands on Cowskin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ava quadrangle. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.

Arno within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 13 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Arno between 1992 and 2020, burning about 527 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 burning32
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220622-03401-08132020-2108
12 August 2019Debris and open burning5.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179174-03401-08122019-2052
8 April 1995Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism19 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 April 1998Arson/incendiarism12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Arno: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Sanders & Son PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hart QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Silvey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

20 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arno in 20 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 8 flash flood, 4 hail, 4 flood, 4 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
June 2015Flash FloodArno$100,000There were numerous low water crossings flooded and impassable across the county. This storm report will contain the overall storm damage estimates across Douglas County for this storm event. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
April 2022Flash FloodArno$10,000County Road 519 was washed out at Prairie Creek due to high flood water.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindArno$5,000A tree was uprooted and caused minor damage to a home.
May 2024HailArno-Photo of quarter size hail on Y 521 Highway west of Ava.
April 2024FloodArno-Highway PP and County Road Y-521 at Cowskin and Prairie Creeks were flooded and impassable. A vehicle was reported in the the water, but no injuries were reported.
June 2024Flash FloodArno-State Highway Y was closed due to flooding of Beaver Creek. Several feet of water was flowing over the road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindArno-A large tree was down blocking County Road Y-521.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindArno-A large tree was reported down on County Road PP 524 blocking at lease one lane of traffic.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindArno-A large tree was reported down on County Road 519.
March 2020FloodArno-The low water crossing at Highway Y and Cowskin Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2020FloodArno-The low water crossing at Cowskin Creek and Highway Y was impassable due to flooding.
April 2019HailArno-Nickle size hail was reported.
March 2015Flash FloodArno-State Route Y at Cowskin Creek was closed due to high water.
July 2015Flash FloodArno-Cowskin Creek had about 2 to 3 feet of water over the roadway.
October 2014HailArno-Quarter size hail was reported at Highway Y and County Road 501.
February 2013FloodArno-Local law enforcement conducted a water rescue at a low water crossing along Highway Y.
August 2013Flash FloodArno-A foot of water was running over Route Y near Cowskin Creek.
August 2013Flash FloodArno-State Highway Y was covered by a foot of water near County Road 519 along Cowskin Creek.
October 2009Flash FloodArno-A water rescue occurred near Highway Y and the intersection of Road 519.
June 2009HailArno-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Jackson Mill3.2 miles12
Red Bank3.4 miles12
Goodhope3.9 miles12
Arden4.4 miles12
Roy4.5 miles12
Hest4.6 miles13
Ava4.7 miles13
Tigris5.9 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ArnoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17513056The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713392. 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.