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De Lassus, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in St. Francois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63640. It stands on Flanery Branch. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle.

De Lassus within St. Francois County

On record in De Lassus

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 19 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of De Lassus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 213 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179045-09435-09052019-1445
14 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179312-09435-09142019-1415
26 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220644-09435-08262020-1405
15 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179308-09435-08152019-1535
25 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179309-09435-06252019-1605
10 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179310-09435-06102019-1433
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176802-09435-04282018-1223
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176797-09435-04122018-1531

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of De Lassus: 43 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Copper. 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
Cushing BankIronPast Producer
Shaft Number Fourdoe Run Lead CoZinc, LeadPast Producer
Shaft Number TwoNickel, Lead, Copper, CobaltPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Doe RunLeadProducer1885
Mine Number 25doe Run Lead CoLeadPast Producer
Mine Number Ninefederal Lead CoLeadPast Producer
Mine Number Sevennational LeadLeadPast Producer
Shaft Number ElevenLeadPast Producer
Shaft Number Twodoe Run Lead CoLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Lassus in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDe Lassus-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines around town.
April 2026HailDe Lassus-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Francois 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
Rock Springs1.6 miles19
Farmington2.1 miles19
Hamilton Town2.2 miles18
Doe Run2.7 miles18
Loughboro3.6 miles21
Valley Forge (historical)4.6 miles18
Ogborn4.9 miles19
Hurryville5.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755978. 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.