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Lecoma, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Watkins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65401. The Survey maps it on the Lecoma quadrangle.

Lecoma within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Lecoma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 630 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 1992Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 May 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 May 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178630-08102-04092018-1637
7 April 2020Debris and open burning11 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190386-03322-04072020-1735

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lecoma: 15 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Fourche A Courtois MineLeadPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brewer PitIronPast Producer
Charles Bailey MineIronProspect
Cold Spring MineIronPast Producer
Donan Prospect # 2IronUnknown
Donan Prospect #1IronUnknown
Hyer MineIronPast ProducerHematite

Every working recorded in Dent County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lecoma in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 4 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2010Tornado (EF1)Lecoma2 killed, $450,000The NWS survey team determined that an EF-1 tornado occurred. The tornado was estimated to be 100 yards wide along County Road 2050 near Lecoma with estimated winds of 90 to 100 mph. The tornado tracked approximately 1.5 miles before entering into rural Phelps County. Several structures had extensive damage or were destroyed along its path including a mobile home near Lecoma where 2 fatalities occurred.
June 1999Tornado (F2)Lecoma$60,000no account filed
December 2018Thunderstorm WindLecoma$15,000Moderate roof damage occurred to a home near Lacoma.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLecoma$10,000Numerous trees were uprooted or damaged and windows were blown out of a home. The report was received via social media.
January 2008HailLecoma-Penny sized hail fell in the community of Pilot Knob along Highway 63.
May 2011HailLecoma-no account filed
July 2009HailLecoma-no account filed
July 2003HailLecoma-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindLecoma-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F0)Lecoma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dent 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
Lake Spring2.8 miles20
Anutt4.2 miles18
Hobson5.4 miles20
North Lenox7.8 miles19
Deep Ford8.2 miles17
Lenox8.6 miles19
Condray9.4 miles20
Hedrick10.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 720877. 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.