Fanchon, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sisson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65788. It lies near Chalk Hole Valley. The Survey maps it on the Peace Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1945 USGS Montier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Montier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Peace Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Fanchon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 217 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 burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177174-07523-06122018-1740 |
| 11 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177173-07523-06112018-1630 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Fanchon: 16 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Weeks Land | Iron | Past Producer | 1900, 1906 | |
| Elmer Barton Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1910 | |
| Francis Pettijohn Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Ruby Cunningham Property | Iron | Prospect | 1910 | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fanchon in 3 storm reports in 2011: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Fanchon | - | Highway 160 was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Fanchon | - | Highway EE was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Fanchon | - | Route W was closed due to flooding. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cull | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Peace Valley | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| White Church | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pocohontas Crossing | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Carson (historical) | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Chapin | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Frankville | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| West Plains | 9.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740845. 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.






