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Fredville, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Neosho Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64850. The Survey maps it on the Tipton Ford quadrangle.

Fredville within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Fredville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 539 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning157
Missing data/not specified/undetermined95
Equipment and vehicle use20
Recreation and ceremony16
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle use21 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179423-07334-09092019-1425
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230911-07334-09292020-1750

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Fredville: 26 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Lead, 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
Unknown - Coal & ZnCoal, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cedar Creek MinesZincPast Producer
Unknown - ZnZincPast Producer
Ailsworth MineLeadPast Producer
Cornwall DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Culpepper and Sawyer DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Johnson LeaseLead, ZincPast Producer
Loveley's MineLeadPast Producer
Sheets ShaftLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

12 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fredville in 12 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 tornado. The reports record 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
September 2014Thunderstorm WindFredville2 hurt, $250,000Several camper trailers were blown over just east of Reddings Mill. Two minor injuries were reported near the Riverbend Campground with overturned camper trailers. Numerous large trees and power lines were reported down across northern Newton County.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Fredville$100,000A brief EF-0 tornado touched down near the intersection of Gateway Drive and Jute Road north of Neosho. Several trees were uprooted. Several homes had minor damage to roofs. Several outbuildings and sheds were severely damaged. Estimated maximum winds were up to 85 mph.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindFredville$5,000Damage occurred to sheds and trees. One shed had its roof removed and several trees were blown down.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindFredville$1,000A large tree was uprooted and numerous shingles were blown off a house.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindFredville-A trained spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust near mile marker 30.
April 2020HailFredville-Gold ball sized hail was reported 3 miles east of town in a rural area.
June 2019Heavy RainFredville-The public measured 5.03 inches of rainfall since midnight.
August 2019Heavy RainFredville-Rainfall of 3.32 inches was measured over the past 24 hours.
July 2015Heavy RainFredville-There was a rainfall report of 1.50 inches that fell in the about 45 minutes.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindFredville-A tree was down across the road near the intersection of Kodiak Road and Hickory Road.
May 2017HailFredville-no account filed
May 2011HailFredville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Spurgeon3.6 miles14
Neosho3.7 miles16
Belfast3.7 miles15
Tipton Ford4.7 miles14
Racine6.1 miles16
Monark Springs7.1 miles16
Westview7.6 miles16
Diamond7.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 718190. 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.