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Courtois, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Harmony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Courtois quadrangle.

Courtois within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Courtois between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,929 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 74 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
Arson/incendiarism74
Debris and open burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMark Twain National ForestGOODWATER FIRE
13 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestAIRPORT ROAD
23 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestVICTOR EAST
24 May 2000Natural3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMCCLAIN CEMETERY
13 May 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestEVANS HILL
9 April 2017Debris and open burning3.7 acresMark Twain National ForestCOPPER HILL
9 April 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestFLOORING
9 April 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Courtois: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Copper, Cobalt, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, Nickel. 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
Mine Lamotte Bank No. 1IronPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Viburnum No.'s 27, 28, 29, and 35 (Casteel) minesLead, Copper, Cobalt, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, NickelProducer1955, 1960
Central ServicesLeadUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Courtois in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2017Flash FloodCourtois-Between 5 and 7 inches of rain fell causing widespread flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Route CC between Highway 21 and Route E.
August 2015Flash FloodCourtois-Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded. Highway C, three miles east northeast of Courtois, was closed both ways due to Cub Creek well out of its banks.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCourtois-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large trees and tree limbs along Highway C. Also, a carport was turned upside down.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindCourtois-A local radio station reported a swath of 20 to 30 trees blown down near County Road 653.

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
Ishmael3.0 miles22
Quaker3.9 miles22
Delbridge5.0 miles23
Brazil5.6 miles22
Palmer6.5 miles23
Horton Town7.8 miles23
Sunlight8.9 miles23
Peoria10.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749497. 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.