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Eugene, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65032. The Survey maps it on the Eugene quadrangle. 140 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.

Eugene within Cole County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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 Eugene between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,610 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
7 August 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 April 2018Natural760 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176513-80001-04152018-1530
8 March 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2018Arson/incendiarism727 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165988-80001-03072018-1200
7 March 2018Arson/incendiarism50 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165987-80001-03072018-1200
7 March 2018Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165976-80001-03072018-1200
7 March 2018Arson/incendiarism38 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165986-80001-03072018-1200
30 March 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Eugene: 49 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, 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
Bixby MineZinc, Lead, CopperProducer
Hockney DiggingsCoal, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Wrights ProspectClayPast Producer
Blackburns DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Frank R. Milliken MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadProducer
Indiana Creek MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Sweetwater MineZinc, LeadProducer
Finley DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Fox DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Indian Grave DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cole County

Storms near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eugene in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 4 hail, 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
April 2026HailEugene-An emergency manager estimated hail size between golf balls and tennis balls. Photo provided was representative of tennis ball sized hail.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEugene-A line of storms moved from southwest to northeast across Cole County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down across the county.
April 2015HailEugene-A wide swath of large hail fell over Cole County from the Hickory Hill/Eugene area to near St. Thomas. Golfball sized hail was reported in Eugene where some vehicles sustained dents from the hail. In Hickory Hill, two inch hail was reported.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindEugene-The County EOC reported numerous trees down blocking roads in Eugene.
April 2026HailEugene-no account filed
May 2024HailEugene-no account filed
April 1999Tornado (F1)Eugene-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cole 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
Hickory Hill4.0 miles19
Henley4.4 miles19
Bass6.9 miles19
Decatur6.9 miles19
Scrivner7.1 miles19
Payne Ford7.9 miles19
Brazito8.3 miles19
Teal (historical)8.6 miles17

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 EugeneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1072754The 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 717644. 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.