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Cadet, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63630. It stands on Fountain Farm Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Point quadrangle. It stands 801 feet above sea level.

Cadet within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 20 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Cadet between 1992 and 2018, burning about 815 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism18
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism22 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128791-11043-09242015-1506
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128792-11043-09242015-1214
22 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 August 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Cadet: 42 past producers, 23 producers, 6 unknowns, 3 prospects. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead. 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
Bellefontaine MinesLeadPast Producer
Cannon MinesLeadPast Producer
Gulf ProspectLeadPast Producer
Prairie DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadUnknown
Amex MineBarium-BariteProducer
Apex/Mineral PointBarium-BariteProducer1866, 1955

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadet in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 4 hail, 4 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 2019Tornado (EF0)Cadet-A few branches were broken off in this location where law enforcement witnessed a|brief tornado touchdown just southwest of the intersection of Highway E and Route 47. The tornado was rated EF0 with a max wind speed of 65 mph. The path length was 0.01 mile with a max path width of 20 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindCadet-Numerous gusts measured between 60 and 70 mph on a home anemometer.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCadet-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs onto Highway E.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindCadet-Storm spotters reported trees and power lines down.
April 2001HailCadet-One inch hail was reported along Highway 47 near Cadet.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCadet-The Sheriff Department reported trees and power lines down in the Cadet area.
March 2019HailCadet-no account filed
June 2011HailCadet-no account filed
May 2011HailCadet-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
White (historical)1.0 miles20
Shibboleth1.5 miles18
Adelbert (historical)1.6 miles20
Fountain Farm1.7 miles20
Happy Hollow2.2 miles18
French Town2.4 miles20
Bellefontaine2.7 miles18
Tiff2.9 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 CadetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471873The 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 715177. 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.