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Fayette, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richmond Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65248. The Survey maps it on the Fayette quadrangle. 2,803 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.

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Fayette within Howard County

On record in Fayette

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 12 of 13 shown

Every listing in Howard County

Population over time

2 figures

Fayette grew from 2,688 to 2,803 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
20102,688
20202,803+115 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

1 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fayette in 1993, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning1

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
21 May 1993Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fayette: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

58 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayette in 58 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 29 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 flash flood, 4 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
July 2002Thunderstorm WindFayette$200,000Downtown portions of Fayette, reported moderate to severe damage to several buildings, including a church and city hall. Large trees and power lines were also knocked down.
April 2006HailFayette$50,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindFayette$5,000Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds which downed numerous trees and power lines in Fayette.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindFayette$2,000Numerous trees and power lines down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFayette$2,000Howard County Sheriff's Office reported a downed pole on the west side of Fayette. There were also several reports of small hail throughout Howard County.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFayette-MPING report of trees down Herndon Street.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFayette-Large tree limbs and power wires down across Fayette with power outages. Large tree downed at Highway 124 and 101.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindFayette-Law enforcement dispatch reported a tree over County Road 209, just north of Fayette.
May 2015Flash FloodFayette-Water about 6 inches deep was reported on several streets.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindFayette-Several trees and numerous power lines were down across the entire county from strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Flash FloodFayette-Water was observed running across several roads.
May 2013Flash FloodFayette-A car was washed off Highway 5 near Fayette.
May 2013Flash FloodFayette-A street was reported washed out in Fayette. Also multiple roads were closed due to high water.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindFayette-A large tree was reported down on Noland Road. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
April 2010Flash FloodFayette-Numerous county roads, were closed due to flash flooding.
April 2010Flash FloodFayette-Route H near Highway O, northeast of Fayette, was closed due to high water over the road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFayette-Thunderstorm winds blew over a tree on Route E west of Fayette.
March 2007FloodFayette-Moniteau Creek near Fayette crested at 16.09 feet, or 0.09 feet above flood stage.
April 2007FloodFayette-The Moniteau Creek near Fayette crested at 19.59 feet, or 3.59 feet above flood stage.
February 2007FloodFayette-The Moniteau Creek near Fayette crested at 18.55 feet, or 2.55 feet above flood stage.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Fayette-Tornado observed by spotters to the southwest of Fayette in rural areas.
July 2006Flash FloodFayette-Several county roads closed due to high water.
November 2006FloodFayette-The Moniteau Creek near Fayette crested at 17.39 feet, or 1.39 feet above flood stage.
January 2005Flash FloodFayette-Route H and Highway 124 flooded due to heavy rains.
January 2005Flash FloodFayette-Water over road at Highway 5 and County Road 320 due to heavy rains.
March 2004Flash FloodFayette-Heavy rains caused high water over Highway 5.
June 2003Flash FloodFayette-Many county road closures due to heavy rains.
May 2003Flash FloodFayette-Numerous county roads reported flooded.
May 2003HailFayette-Also a wind gust to 60 mph reported.
May 2001HailFayette-Public reported 13/4 inch hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindFayette-The sheriff's office reported downed trees.
June 1998HailFayette-Nickel-size hail was reported by an emergency management coordinator during a severe thunderstorm at Fayette.
June 1998HailFayette-The Howard County Emergency Management Director reported dime-size hail during a severe thunderstorm in Fayette.
March 2023HailFayette-no account filed
April 2013HailFayette-no account filed
August 2009HailFayette-no account filed
June 2009HailFayette-no account filed
May 2009HailFayette-no account filed
January 2008HailFayette-no account filed
June 2008HailFayette-no account filed
March 2006HailFayette-no account filed
March 2006HailFayette-no account filed
May 2005HailFayette-no account filed
May 2005HailFayette-no account filed
May 2004HailFayette-no account filed
May 2004HailFayette-no account filed
June 2004HailFayette-no account filed
June 2004HailFayette-no account filed
April 2003HailFayette-no account filed
May 2003HailFayette-no account filed
May 2003HailFayette-no account filed
May 2001HailFayette-no account filed
September 2001HailFayette-no account filed
May 2000HailFayette-no account filed
May 2000HailFayette-no account filed
June 1996HailFayette-no account filed
May 1996HailFayette-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindFayette-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Burton6.1 miles16
Steinmetz7.3 miles16
Estill7.5 miles15
Sebree8.2 miles16
Armstrong8.6 miles15
Hilldale8.6 miles15
Landmark (historical)9.1 miles15
New Franklin9.3 miles15

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 FayetteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967406The 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 717869. 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.