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Faro, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It lies near Cobalt Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Rock Pile Mountain quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level.

Faro within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Faro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 991 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 September 2019Debris and open burning1.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179443-06205-09182019-1414
17 August 2007Natural21 acresMark Twain National ForestWILDCAT SPRINGS
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMARSH CREEK
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.1 acresMark Twain National ForestFISH TRAP
8 April 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCEDAR MTN
26 April 1996Smoking11 acresMark Twain National ForestTILK HOLLOW
20 April 2000Arson/incendiarism39 acresMark Twain National ForestARNETT MOUNTAIN
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined59 acresMark Twain National ForestLITTLE MATTHEWS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Faro: 19 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Iron, Copper. 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
Aubuchen ShaftsZinc, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Aubuchon MineLeadOccurrenceGalena
L M Hebener QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Phillips MineManganesePast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Lead, Nickel, CopperPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-CobaltCobalt, Copper, Nickel, LeadPast Producer
Mathews Mountain BankIronPast ProducerLimonite
Mathews Mountain BankIronPast Producer
Platina MineCopperPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Faro in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2026HailFaro-Report of lots of small hail with a few ping pong sized stones.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Faro-The tornado continued into Madison County where it passed north of Beulah and south of Shelton Ford, only producing minor tree damage prior to dissipating south of Saco. The tornado was rated EF0 in Madison County with a path length of 5.81 miles and a max path width of 50 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
April 2017Flash FloodFaro-Seven to ten inches of rain fell causing widespread flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway V between County Road 243 and Route F. Levee along Castor River in Marquand was overtopped. Flooding occurred on the south side of town. Several people were moved to higher ground from a senior center in the area. Also, the intersection of Highways A and M, west of town and the river were closed due to flooding on bridge that goes over the Castor River. About 2 miles south southeast of Marquand, a water rescue had to be performed at a campground off Highway DD.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Wide Ford1.4 miles20
Marsh Creek2.5 miles20
French Mills2.8 miles20
Braddy Ford (historical)3.9 miles19
Central5.0 miles20
Varsh Ford5.1 miles19
Creek Nation5.3 miles19
Tin Mountain5.6 miles19

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 FaroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15217405The 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 749903. 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.