BlockMenfro, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bois Brule Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63775. It stands on Bois Brule Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockwood quadrangle. It stands 361 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1916 USGS Campbell Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Campbell Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Rockwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Rockwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Menfro: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degonia Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Rockwood Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Menfro in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Menfro | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menfro | $60,000 | A barn was leveled, and a building roof was damaged. Farm equipment was damaged. Power lines were down. This wind damage was associated with the same supercell that produced large hail, wind damage, and a brief tornado in the northwest and north central parts of Perry County. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Menfro | - | Major flooding occurred along the Mississippi River. Several roads were closed, including Highway E near Menfro. Most of the other roads were rural county roads. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Menfro | - | Route E was closed between County Road 322 and County Road 354 due to backwater flooding from the Mississippi River. |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Menfro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crosstown | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Grand Eddy | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Point Rest | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Belgique | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Farrar | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| Friedenberg | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Eureka | 6.8 miles | 26 | |
| Sereno | 6.9 miles | 22 |
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 Menfro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6816930 | 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 722232. 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.
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.