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Avenue City, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64505. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joseph North quadrangle.

Avenue City within Andrew County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

12 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Avenue City between 2011 and 2020, burning about 26 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation200563-00202-03072020-1045
29 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation200561-00202-03012020-0840
27 February 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation134057-00202-02272016-1437
26 February 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation134052-00202-02262016-2148
21 February 2020Debris and open burning8.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation200560-00202-02212020-1305
20 February 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation134055-00202-02202016-1525

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Andrew County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Avenue City: 14 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Avenue City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Breit Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Burrie Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Everett Quarries #51Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Andrew County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avenue City in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindAvenue City$1,000A power pole was broken at CR 304 and HWY 169.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAvenue City-Downed wires and power outages near County Line Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindAvenue City-A large, live tree fell near Country Club Villa.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindAvenue City-Large tree down blocking the road near HWY 59 and DD in Country Club Village. Nearby ASOS at KSTJ recorded 76 mph wind with this storm.
May 2009Flash FloodAvenue City-Flash flooding was observed along D Highway, between Avenue City and E Highway.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Avenue City-Tornado entered Andrew county 4 miles southwest of Avenue City and then dissipated near Highway 169 1 mile southwest of Avenue City. Minor tree damage was reported as the tornado remainded over rural ground.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindAvenue City-Storm spotters estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph.
June 2021HailAvenue City-no account filed
October 2013HailAvenue City-no account filed
June 2011HailAvenue City-no account filed
August 2008HailAvenue City-no account filed
May 2002HailAvenue City-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAvenue City-no account filed
April 2000HailAvenue City-no account filed
June 1996HailAvenue City-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindAvenue City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Andrew 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
Dean4.0 miles22
Country Club Village4.0 miles22
Cosby4.2 miles17
Rochester5.1 miles17
Kodiak6.1 miles18
Savannah6.6 miles18
Helena6.7 miles17
Amazonia7.3 miles18

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 Avenue CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27983800The 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 713500. 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.