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Cape Fair, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Flat Creek A Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65624. It lies near Emerson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cape Fair quadrangle.

Cape Fair within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Cape Fair between 1992 and 2020, burning about 873 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use9.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177256-10404-07122018-1408
9 April 1993Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2006Debris and open burning1.8 acresMark Twain National ForestESTATE
4 April 1992Arson/incendiarism58 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176960-10404-04302018-1423
26 April 1993Arson/incendiarism65 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 1993Debris and open burning17 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 1993Arson/incendiarism38 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cape Fair: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wild Cat MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stone County

Storms near this place

31 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cape Fair in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCape Fair$750,000A 280 foot free standing cell phone tower collapsed. The strongest winds near 100 mph remained at the tower height, which was built at a 1308 foot elevation.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCape Fair$200,000Thunderstorm winds ranging from 70 to 80 mph caused a portion of the marina to break away from the mooring, with the dock sustaining most of the damage. 20 boats were reported damaged. Tree branches were also broken, with a few trees uprooted and snapped.
July 2024HailCape Fair$25,000Numerous reports of baseball size to three inch size hail in Cape Fair.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCape Fair$10,000Report of numerous trees down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindCape Fair$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power poles.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindCape Fair$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power poles.
March 2025HailCape Fair-Hail to the size of quarters fell in Cape Fair.
March 2023FloodCape Fair-Heavy rainfall cause significant street flooding.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCape Fair-Extensive tree damage was reported with large trees snapped or uprooted and numerous large limbs down.
April 2021Flash FloodCape Fair-Several vehicles were reported in the water at highway 173 north of Highway 76 at a low water area. All occupants were rescued without injury.
April 2021Flash FloodCape Fair-Water was reported flowing over highway 76 at Mule Barn Road.
May 2019Heavy RainCape Fair-A 24 hour rainfall accumulation of 4.75 inches was reported by the public just west of Cape Fair.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCape Fair-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts and pea sized hail were reported on Highway 76 between Cape Fair and Reeds Spring.
March 2016Tornado (EF1)Cape Fair-A NWS survey confirmed a that an EF-1 tornado touched down 1 mile northeast of Shell Knob near Stallion Bluff Road and tracked nearly 4 miles to the northeast into the Mark Twain National Forest. The tornado moved into Stone County and lifted just after crossing the Piney Creek Cover on Table Rock Lake. The tornado was 200 yards wide with estimated maximum winds up to 100 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCape Fair-A tree was blown down across the roadway on Longbend Road.
July 2015Heavy RainCape Fair-There was a rainfall report of 5.50 inches since 8:30 am.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCape Fair-Trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts across Highway 76.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCape Fair-Powerlines were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2011HailCape Fair-no account filed
April 2010HailCape Fair-no account filed
February 2009HailCape Fair-no account filed
May 2006HailCape Fair-no account filed
May 2004HailCape Fair-no account filed
March 2003HailCape Fair-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCape Fair-no account filed
May 2002HailCape Fair-no account filed
June 2001HailCape Fair-no account filed
June 2001HailCape Fair-no account filed
May 2000HailCape Fair-no account filed
September 1996HailCape Fair-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindCape Fair-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stone 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
McCord Bend3.9 miles12
Galena5.7 miles12
Bear Den Junction (historical)5.9 miles12
Cross Roads6.5 miles12
Stoneridge6.8 miles14
Carico6.9 miles12
Reeds Spring7.1 miles14
Norwalk7.2 miles15

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 Cape FairAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5034774The 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 749204. 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.