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Frankclay, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Randolph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63601. It stands on Hayden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flat River quadrangle.

Frankclay within St. Francois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Frankclay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 197 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261411-09432-09092020-1925
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261410-09432-09092020-2144
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176587-11043-04092018-1440
9 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178502-09401-04052019-1131

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Frankclay: 42 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Copper, Zinc. 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
Bonne Terre MillDolomiteProducer
Bonne Terre Quarry and MillMagnesiteProducer
Evans MineZincPast Producer
Flat River Sub-DistrictLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1742
Leadwood MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelProducer1898, 1903
Leadwood PlantStoneProducer
Mineral Point GroupLead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerBarite, Galena
Unknown - Clay KaolinKaolinPast Producer
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this place

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frankclay in 1 storm report in 2002: 1 tornado. 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
May 2002Tornado (F1)Frankclay-A tornado initially formed just north of Frankclay and then traveled east through Desloge for about 7 miles. The bulk of the damage was to trees and utility poles. As the tornado entered Desloge, a few homes and a Middle School near Elm Street suffered minor roof damage. As the tornado moved to near State Street, the roof of a large machine shed was ripped off and thrown 200 yards to the east. Just west of State Street, 2 small damage paths were noted suggesting a multiple vortex tornado. East of State Street, a garage and a vacant 2 story building were destroyed.

Every storm recorded in St. Francois 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
Leadwood1.2 miles21
Wortham1.2 miles21
Huntington1.6 miles21
Daytown1.8 miles21
Mitchell2.1 miles21
Gumbo2.8 miles21
Davis3.0 miles21
Terre du Lac3.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756080. 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.