Lenox, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Watkins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65541. The Survey maps it on the Edgar Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1937 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Edgar Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Lenox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,154 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 May 2000 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ABBOTT BRANCH |
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190475-03322-04082020-2050 |
| 7 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190385-03322-04072020-1405 |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122297-03322-04062015-1647 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lenox: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont. Rouge Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenox in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Lightning | Lenox | $40,000 | A large hay barn was witnessed being struck by lightning. The structure was destroyed by a subsequent fire as a result of the lightning strike. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $10,000 | A barn suffered minor to moderate damage from high winds near the Lenox area. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $2,000 | Metal roofing of a barn was blown off. Several trees were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $500 | The fire chief reported several large trees uprooted. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | A few trees and limbs were down. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Lenox | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Lenox | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Lenox | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Lenox | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Lenox | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Smoky Hollow | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Anutt | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hedrick | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ranger | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rhyse | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Deep Ford | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lecoma | 8.6 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lenox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6523148 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750685. 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.













