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Femme Osage, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63332. The Survey maps it on the New Melle quadrangle.

Femme Osage within St. Charles County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Femme Osage between 1994 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
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
3 July 2019Naturalunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178980-10928-07032019-1632
16 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178536-10928-04062019-1953
3 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176981-10928-04252018-2253
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176986-10928-04122018-2021
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation241104-09222-03082020-1951
13 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Charles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Femme Osage: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Dutzow Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eichmeyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joerling Bros Quarry #1 & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schiermeier Quarry 8 MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in St. Charles County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Femme Osage in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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
December 2021Tornado (EF3)Femme Osage1 killed, 2 hurt, $3,400,000The tornado developed about a third of a mile northeast of the intersection of Highway 94 and Osage Ridge Road in southwestern St. Charles County around 7:32 PM CDT. As it moved to the northeast, two houses sustained minor damage and one outbuilding was destroyed on Highway T, just north of intersection with Hemsath Road. The tornado continued northeast and strengthened as it approached Highway F, northwest of Defiance. Multiple homesteads and farms suffered varying degrees of property damage along Highway F to Highway 94. Two homes were completely destroyed. The first home was 110 years old and did not appear to have any anchoring to the concrete foundation. The second home just 100 yards east of the first was swept clean to the subfloor, which was still anchored to the concrete foundation. One fatality and two injuries occurred at this location. The damage was rated EF3 with winds to 165 mph. The tornado continued northeast, crossing the Missouri River and Howell Island before entering St. Louis County in Chesterfield Valley. Dollar amount damage is estimated around $3.4 million.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindFemme Osage$2,000Thunderstorm winds snapped off several trees along Highway 94, about 3 miles southeast of Dutzow.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindFemme Osage-The tornado that hit Balducci Winery was embedded within an area of strong straight line winds of 60 to 75 mph. Numerous areas of damage could be found from the countyline along Highway 94 towards Defiance. Numerous large trees and tree limbs were blown down.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Femme Osage-A small tornado moved northeast along Femme Osage Creek Road in rural west St. Charles County. Damage was limited to snapped and uprooted trees.

Every storm recorded in St. Charles 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
Cappeln3.3 miles22
Schluersburg4.4 miles24
Nona4.9 miles21
Dartmound (historical)5.2 miles21
Augusta5.4 miles21
New Melle6.0 miles22
Klondike6.6 miles22
Matson7.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756041. 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.