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Coy, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in McMillen Coy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64831. It lies near Kinslow Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Tiff City quadrangle.

Coy within McDonald County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Coy between 1992 and 2001, burning about 494 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism1

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
21 April 1993Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 March 2001Arson/incendiarism150 acresMiami AgencyFEATHER
15 March 1992Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 February 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 February 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 February 1997Debris and open burning300 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 February 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDonald 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 Coy: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Bituminous, Iron. 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 - Iron & CoalBituminous, IronPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer
Unknown - Zinc & LeadLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Zinc & LeadLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDonald County

Storms near this place

20 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coy in 20 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 heavy rain, 3 flash flood, 3 hail. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindCoy$2,000Numerous large trees were reported down. A home had some siding removed from its west facing side.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCoy-A large tree was reported down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCoy-A public weather station recorded a 68 mph wind gust.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCoy-Emergency management measured a 67 mph wind gust northwest of Anderson with thunderstorms.
May 2025Heavy RainCoy-A Mesonet station measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 4.49 inches.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCoy-Emergency Management measured a 69 mph wind gust.
May 2024HailCoy-Report of golf ball size hail.
March 2021Flash FloodCoy-Highway 76 was closed due to flooding of a low water area.
June 2019Heavy RainCoy-A Coop Observer measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 6.13 inches.
April 2017FloodCoy-Langley Road just east of Highway 43 was closed due to a flooded low water crossing.
April 2017Heavy RainCoy-The mesonet station TIFM7 near the Elk River measured 2.73 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
April 2017Heavy RainCoy-The CoCoRaHS station ANRM7, about three miles west of Anderson, measured 2.65 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
April 2017Heavy RainCoy-The CoCoRaHS station MO-MD-5, about two miles east of Tiff City, measured 2.47 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
July 2016Heavy RainCoy-A 24 hour rainfall report of 3.17 inches was measured west of Anderson.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCoy-Fire chief estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
May 2011Flash FloodCoy-Low area one half mile east of Pump Station Road on Route 76 was impassable.
July 2010Flash FloodCoy-High water flooded a low water crossing near Missouri Highway 43 and Langley Road.
March 2008FloodCoy-This is a continuation of the flash flooding. Flooding continued in poor drainage areas for several days.
April 2017HailCoy-no account filed
April 2011HailCoy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McDonald 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
Enterprise (historical)4.1 miles15
Tiff City4.5 miles15
Anderson4.8 miles13
Splitlog5.0 miles13
Lanagan5.8 miles13
Elliff5.9 miles13
Bosky Dell6.1 miles13
May6.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716435. 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.