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Gildehouse, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63089. The Survey maps it on the Moselle quadrangle.

Gildehouse within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Gildehouse between 2001 and 2007, burning about 9 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 April 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 March 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 March 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 February 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 November 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Gildehouse: 13 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, 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
Golconda MinesLeadPast Producer
Unknown - ClayFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown - PbLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Ss.FlagstonePast Producer
Gravel Plant # 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Plant # 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
K&R Excavating S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
B&D Stone MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
B&D Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dawson Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gildehouse in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGildehouse$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs across portions of northeastern Franklin County, especially in Gray Summit, Labadie and Pacific.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindGildehouse-A microburst started at the intersection of St. Johns Road and State Highway V and continued northeast to Wolf Hollow Golf Club, ending near Highway 100. Significant tree damage was observed with many pine trees topped and/or snapped along with uprooted hardwood trees. All of the damage pointed in the same northeast direction with wind speed estimated around 80 mph.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Pohlman Mill2.2 miles22
Villa Ridge2.9 miles22
Boles4.1 miles21
The Diamonds4.4 miles19
Union4.4 miles21
South Point (historical)4.6 miles21
Labadie5.6 miles22
Krakow5.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 731574. 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.