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Lemons, Missouri

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Wilson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63565. The Survey maps it on the Unionville West quadrangle.

Lemons within Putnam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lemons between 1992 and 2019, burning about 315 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
7 April 2014Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 2019Debris and open burning2.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179598-00000-04192019-2030
10 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 March 2014Debris and open burning27 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined229 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179608-10547-03222019-1725
20 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 February 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 January 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lemons in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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 2024HailLemons-Quarter sized hail reported in Lemons.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLemons-A tree was uprooted.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindLemons-A large hog barn was blown apart and 6 to 12 inch diameter trees down.
August 2004Flash FloodLemons-Water covering road at intersection of State Route HH and 5.
August 2004Flash FloodLemons-State Route UU and Highway 136 flooded.
August 2004Flash FloodLemons-Southbound Highway 5 closed due to high water.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Lemons-Tornado reported by spotter in open country.
October 2000Thunderstorm WindLemons-Walnut size hail and 60 mph wind gusts were reported by the public.
June 2015HailLemons-no account filed
July 2008HailLemons-no account filed
June 2008HailLemons-no account filed
May 2002HailLemons-no account filed
October 2000HailLemons-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Unionville5.5 miles8
Quinn6.4 miles7
Rosewood6.8 miles11
West Liberty (historical)7.2 miles7
Midway7.8 miles7
Blackbird (historical)8.0 miles11
Elko9.7 miles11
Terre Haute10.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735686. 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.

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.