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Fletcher, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63020. It lies near Grassy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fletcher quadrangle. It stands 564 feet above sea level.

Fletcher within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Fletcher between 1992 and 2018, burning about 441 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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
24 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation123650-05007-05022015-1615
29 April 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176724-05007-04292018-1001
2 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135192-05007-04022016-1120
17 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176644-05007-04172018-1852
11 April 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation119800-05007-03092015-1055

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Fletcher: 39 past producers, 11 producers, 1 prospect. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, 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
Ditch MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Gray's DiggingsZinc, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Mammoth MineBarium-Barite, Clay, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Barite & LeadLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Darby DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Ditch Lead MinesBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Quinn MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Shady DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + BariteBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fletcher in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 3 tornado, 2 flash flood, 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 2021Flash FloodFletcher-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time onto already saturated soil. This caused flash flooding. In Fletcher, Calico Creek rose well out of its banks flooding Calico Creek Road, Old Highway H and Nickelson Road. The intersection of Highways Y and C in front of Grandview High School was flooded. A number of roads in the De Soto area had several feet of water over them. Larry G. Crites Memorial Park, northwest of Festus, was flooded due to Joachim Creek.
December 2015Flash FloodFletcher-Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell across the northern portions of Jefferson County on Dec. 26th through the morning hours of Dec. 27th. Numerous roads were flooded.
April 2010Tornado (EF1)Fletcher-The tornado crossed into Jefferson county about 3 miles northwest of Fletcher. The tornado travelled northeast crossing just north of Morse Mill on State Highway B. The tornado continued northeast passing through Lake Tishomingo, finally lifting 1.5 miles southwest of Otto. The tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees and downed numerous tree limbs along the entire path. There were several areas of more substantial damage. On Brook Hollow Lane, 3 miles north northwest of Fletcher, a home was damaged with part of the roof removed and a wall of the garage destroyed. Also, on Brook Hollow Lane, a manufactured home sustained roof, siding and window damage. Another area of damage was along Highway B just north of the Big River. An outbuilding of the Morse Mill Baptist Church had the overhead doors caved in, which caused the roof to be removed and parts of the exterior walls to fail. The last area of significant damage was at Lake Tishomingo, especially along the north shore. Several of the homes suffered damage to the roofs and porches. Also, a number of homes were damaged when trees fell on them. No injuries were reported.
September 2006Tornado (F1)Fletcher-As the tornado moved into Jefferson County from Washington County, it was 50 yards wide and produced F1 damage to trees just north of County Road H. The tornado dissipated just northeast of this location, just to the northwest of Fletcher. No injuries or deaths were reported.
September 2006Tornado (F1)Fletcher-The tornado touched down two tenths of a mile southwest of Fletcher and moved northeast into Fletcher. The tornado caused minor exterior and roof damage to a mobile home in Fletcher. There was also damage to trees including a 12 inch diameter cedar tree that was snapped off at ground level. The tornado was 100 yards wide and damage was rated F1 in intensity at this location. The tornado continued to the northeast and dissipated half a mile northeast of Fletcher. No injuries or deaths were reported.
May 2020HailFletcher-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Frumet2.2 miles18
Mount Freedom4.9 miles18
Ware5.0 miles18
Cottage Farm6.1 miles18
Briarwood Estates7.9 miles20
Vineland8.0 miles21
Grubville8.5 miles20
Morse Mill8.8 miles22

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 FletcherAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471439The 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 718019. 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.