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Eminence, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Eminence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65466. It sits by Buttin Rock. The Survey maps it on the Eminence quadrangle. 515 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Eminence within Shannon County

On record in Eminence

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Eminence fell from 600 to 515 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010600
2020515-85 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Eminence between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,095 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 60 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/incendiarism60
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 July 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 June 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverSLIDE
18 June 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 May 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestLITTLE RED RIDING HO
9 April 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOzark National Scenic RiverEDSMITH
8 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark National Scenic RiverBROADFOOT
8 April 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark National Scenic RiverHORSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Eminence: 10 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Manganese, 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
Culpepper ProspectManganeseProspect
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chilton BankIronProspect
Jacks Fork MineIronProspect
Unknown IronIronPast Producer
West Eminence BankIronProspect
Casey MineCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Malachite
Casey MineCopperPast Producer
Johnson ShaftCopperPast Producer
McKinney MineCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shannon County

Storms near this place

55 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eminence in 55 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 7 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. 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 FloodEminence$5,000,000Numerous campgrounds and river access areas were severely damaged across Shannon County and in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways Park. Numerous homes and businesses were severely damage or washed away along the Jack Fork River and Current River. This report will contain the total dollar estimate for flood damage to infrastructure, businesses, and homes across Shannon County.
April 2011Flash FloodEminence$1,000,000Numerous rural roads and low water crossings were flooded throughout the county.||The total cost estimate for flooding damages for Shannon County for this entire episode has been included. This includes roads, bridges, and structures which were affected.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEminence$50,000A few power poles were reported down or broken from high winds. Multiple reports of power outages occurred in the Eminence area.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEminence$20,000The Electric Co-op reported at least 3 powers poles were snapped near the base in Eminence.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEminence$10,000Report of trees uprooted or snapped and a roof blown off.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindEminence$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed power lines near Eminence.
May 1996Flash FloodEminence$5,000no account filed
April 2019Heavy RainEminence-The Mesonet Station at EMCM7 reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.23 inches on the Jacks Fork River at Eminence.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindEminence-Numerous small to large trees were reported down or uprooted in Eminence.
May 2018Flash FloodEminence-Several low water crossings were flooded around the Eminence area.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEminence-Several trees were reported down by the public.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Eminence-Several trees were reported down. No damage occurred.
May 2016Heavy RainEminence-A 24 hour storm total rainfall of 2.41 inches was reported.
August 2016Heavy RainEminence-A twenty four hour rainfall total of 3.33 inches was measured at a CO-OP station about 1 mile north of Eminence.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindEminence-Wind gusts up to 60 mph were estimated.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindEminence-Several trees were knocked over from thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindEminence-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed large trees across a section of Highway 19.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindEminence-A few trees were reported down in the Eminence area.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindEminence-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several large trees.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindEminence-Trees were damaged from thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEminence-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees and power lines within the city of Eminence.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEminence-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a couple of trees north of Eminence along Highway 19.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindEminence-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees across Shannon County.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEminence-Northern and central section of the county sustained tree damage from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
November 2005Flash FloodEminence-Water covered low water bridges in Eminence while roadways were impassable.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindEminence-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several large tree limbs north of Eminence.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Eminence-A small tornado briefly touched down in a wooded area southwest of Eminence. Numerous trees were downed...however...no structure damage occurred. Straight line winds also downed trees from Summersville through Alley Springs and then to the east of Eminence.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindEminence-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees near the Powder Mill Ferry Ranger Station.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindEminence-Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
May 2018HailEminence-no account filed
April 2007HailEminence-no account filed
February 2006HailEminence-no account filed
February 2006HailEminence-no account filed
April 2006HailEminence-no account filed
November 2006HailEminence-no account filed
April 2005HailEminence-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEminence-no account filed
November 2003HailEminence-no account filed
April 2003HailEminence-no account filed
July 2003HailWest Eminence-no account filed
March 2002Thunderstorm WindEminence-no account filed
May 2001HailEminence-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindEminence-no account filed
May 2000HailEminence-no account filed
May 2000HailEminence-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindEminence-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindEminence-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindEminence-no account filed
June 1998HailEminence-no account filed
July 1997HailEminence-no account filed
March 1997Flash FloodEminence-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindEminence-no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodEminence-no account filed
June 1995HailEminence-no account filed
July 1995HailEminence-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shannon 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
West Eminence1.1 miles22
Munsell4.0 miles22
Delaware4.2 miles22
House Hollow (historical)4.3 miles22
Venice4.5 miles22
Alley4.6 miles22
Alley Spring4.6 miles22
Junction Ferry5.5 miles22

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 EminenceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q957307The 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 717575. 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.