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Esther, 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 63601. It stands on Shaw Branch. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle.

Esther within St. Francois County

On record in Esther

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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Esther between 1992 and 2018, burning about 135 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
27 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1992Natural3.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
22 March 1994Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 1994Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 March 1992Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 February 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176241-09435-02272018-1844

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Esther: 67 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zinc, Lead. 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
Bonne Terre MillDolomiteProducer
Bonne Terre Quarry and MillMagnesiteProducer
Flat RiverLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1890
Flat River Sub-DistrictLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1742
Unknown - Clay KaolinKaolinPast Producer
Central Mining Co. MineLead, Copper, ZincProducer1893
Hazel Run MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Central Lead Co. ShaftZinc, LeadPast Producer
Crawley MineZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this place

10 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Esther in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
March 2026Flash FloodEsther-Two to five inches of rain fell in St. Francois county in about 24 hours ending on March 5th. This rain caused Flat Creek to rise above its banks as far east as Garrett St and as far west as Camilla St. A few evacuations were required as water approached homes in these areas. Water receded by 4am.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindEsther-A row of powerlines was reportedly bent over by high winds near Park Hills. 10 minutes later, a member of the public reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph 1 mile north of Farmington.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEsther-Thunderstorm winds downed powerlines in Park Hills and trees in Farmington.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEsther-Trees were reported to be down on Highway P and Barbary Road near Desloge.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEsther-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees in Park Hills.
May 2022HailEsther-no account filed
March 2020HailEsther-no account filed
July 2012HailEsther-no account filed
July 2011HailEsther-no account filed
July 2010HailEsther-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
East Flat River0.3 miles21
Federal0.7 miles21
Leadington0.8 miles19
Flat River1.0 miles21
Park Hills1.1 miles21
Saint Francois1.1 miles21
Cantwell1.7 miles21
Rivermines1.7 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q49349866The 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 756029. 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.