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Low Wassie, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Winona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65588. It stands on Sycamore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Low Wassie quadrangle.

Low Wassie within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Low Wassie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,334 acres in total. None started naturally. 155 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
Arson/incendiarism155
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestHAYNES FIRE
23 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMAYBE STEVENS
1 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestNASTY JUNK PILE
30 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMARIE HOLLOW
29 August 1995Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestCRISPY WORM
27 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestTAR BABY
18 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMARTIN HOLLOW
17 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMark Twain National ForestFROSTY TOWER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Low Wassie: 3 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Clay. 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
Edmondson PondClayPast Producer
Hearst MineIronPast Producer
Willis MineIronPast Producer
Elliot ProspectManganeseProspect
Unknown ManganeseManganeseProspect
White ProspectManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Shannon County

Storms near this place

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Low Wassie in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 flood, 5 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 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
March 2025Tornado (EF3)Low Wassie$100,000This is the continuation of the tornado out of Oregon County that moved into far southeastern Shannon County. This tornado uprooted hundreds of trees before moving northeast into Carter County and intensifying.
April 2025Flash FloodLow Wassie-Route W at Pike Creek from Highway 60 to Low Wassie and County Road 568 was flooded and impassable.
March 2023Flash FloodLow Wassie-Highway W at Pine Creek was closed at a low water crossing due to flooding.
March 2023FloodLow Wassie-Highway W at the Pike Creek low water crossing was closed due to flooding.
January 2021Flash FloodLow Wassie-Heavy rainfall caused Pike Creek to flood making Highway W impassable.
July 2018HailLow Wassie-Hail to the size of ping ping balls fell in a rural area with little to no damage reported.
November 2015FloodLow Wassie-Highway W was closed just north of Highway 60 at Pike Creek.
June 2013FloodLow Wassie-Route W was closed.
December 2013FloodLow Wassie-MODOT reported that Route W was closed in both directions in the vicinity of Pine Creek.
April 2011Flash FloodLow Wassie-Highway W was closed due to flooding.
April 2011Flash FloodLow Wassie-A low water crossing on Highway W was closed due to flooding.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLow Wassie-A cooperative observer estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
September 2008FloodLow Wassie-A section of Highway P was closed by the Department of Transportation due to flooding.
April 2011HailLow Wassie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shannon 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
Winona3.8 miles22
Buckhart Springs (historical)8.2 miles22
Bartlett8.3 miles22
Munsell8.4 miles22
Shawne9.2 miles22
Delaware11.2 miles22
West Eminence12.1 miles22
Beal12.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750881. 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.