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Mattese, Missouri

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Tesson Ferry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63129. The Survey maps it on the Oakville quadrangle.

Mattese within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

34 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Mattese between 2005 and 2014, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Debris and open burning2

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
21 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 August 2006Natural1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Mattese: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Alpha Portland Cement PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
Simpson South Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lemay QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mattese in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood, 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 (EF1)Mattese$80,000The tornado continued into south St. Louis County at approximately 9:37 PM where it produced tree damage and minor damage to multiple homes and one hospital. The tornado dissipated at around 9:39 PM. In St. Louis County the tornado had a path length of 4.43 miles and a maximum path width of 550 yards.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Mattese$30,000A tornado touched down on East Lane, about 2.4 miles southwest of the I-270/I-55 interchange in southern St. Louis County and tracked to the southeast. It snapped off numerous tree limbs, uprooted several large trees and caused minor damage to roofs and siding on a couple of houses. However, one house sustained moderate damage when the roof over the carport was lifted off and dropped just to the left of the house. The tornado then crossed I-55. Between I-55 and the Mississippi River, just numerous snapped tree limbs and uprooted trees were noted as it moved through Oakville. Then the tornado crossed the Mississippi River into Monroe County, Illinois. The tornado was rated EF1 in St. Louis County with a path length of 5.34 miles and a max path width of 172 yards.
March 2024HailMattese-Widespread large hail up to golfball size fell across far southern portions of St. Louis County. The large hail fell in Sunset Hills, Concord, Sappington, Mehlville, and Oakville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMattese-Numerous large tree limbs and power lines were blown down in the Oakville area.
July 2014HailMattese-Within 20 minutes of the first storm a second severe thunderstorm moved through far southern portions of St. Louis County. There were numerous reports of quart to golfball sized hail. Some of the towns affected were Mehlville and Oakville.
June 2008FloodMattese-Moderate flooding occurred at the mouth of the Meramec River in southern St. Louis County due to the flooding on the Mississippi River. Damage was minimal and primarily restricted to parkland in the area.
March 2025HailMattese-no account filed
March 2025HailMattese-no account filed
March 2025HailMattese-no account filed
April 2015HailMattese-no account filed
June 2011HailMattese-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Mehlville2.1 miles23
Oakville2.6 miles28
Green Park2.7 miles23
Concord2.7 miles23
Koch (historical)3.4 miles28
Cliff Cave3.6 miles28
Lakeshire3.7 miles23
Jefferson Barracks3.8 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122562450The 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 756364. 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.