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Elmont, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63080. The Survey maps it on the Sullivan quadrangle.

Elmont within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Elmont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
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
25 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation261429-03620-07182020-0819
6 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 May 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Elmont: 23 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Busch PitClayPast Producer
Unknown - Pb / ZnLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Pb,Zn,FeIron, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown -Fe&PbIron, LeadPast Producer
Hobelman ProspectIronUnknown
Kratz SpringIronProspect1956
Schweer PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1875
Tourville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmont in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 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 2025Tornado (EF1)Elmont$148,000At 8:29 PM a tornado began near the community of Elmont, MO, producing EF1 damage primarily to trees and one large barn. The tornado moved quickly to the northeast, and produced additional tree damage along Missouri route 185, and along Ridge Road within the Long Ridge Conservation Area. The tornado then continued northeast before ending very near Highway 47. Near the end of its path, the tornado damaged several homes, outbuildings, telephone poles and trees within the southern outskirts of Union, MO. The most significant of this damage occurred near N Bend Road, where damage to a home and barn suggested maximum wind speeds of approximately 105 miles per hour.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindElmont$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down part of a large tree across Route 185 west of Sullivan.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindElmont-Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees along Spring Bluff Road and Highway 185. They also downed 2 limbs: an 8 inch diameter tree limb along Karen Ann Circle and a 10-12 inch diameter tree limb along George Street in Sullivan.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Japan3.4 miles18
Spring Bluff4.1 miles20
Boone (historical)4.6 miles20
Sullivan4.8 miles20
Oak Grove Village4.9 miles20
Strain5.0 miles20
Champion City6.0 miles20
Rock Ford6.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 731566. 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.