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Mentor, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Clay B Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65742. The Survey maps it on the Ozark quadrangle.

Mentor within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Mentor between 1992 and 2017, burning about 132 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
20 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Mentor: 36 past producers, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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
Gem MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Phelps MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
UnknownLead, ZincPast Producer
UnknownLead, ZincPast Producer
Ash Grove Cement Co - PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSurface
Ash Grove MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ash Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bennett QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Midland Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rieves QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mentor in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2019Tornado (EF2)Mentor1 hurt, $3,900,000This is the continuation of the EF-2 supercell tornado that touched down and tracked from two miles north of Ozark, Missouri to five miles northwest of Rogersville, Missouri. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 20 minutes along its 10.3 mile total track with maximum wind speeds estimated at 134 mph. The tornado crossed out of Christian County along East County Line Road just west of South Farm Road 203 and tracked northeast to five miles northwest of Rogersville before lifting in a forested area just east of the intersection of S Lloyd Drive and East Missouri Route AD in eastern Greene County. As the tornado tracked for eight miles across southwestern Greene County it damaged 90 homes and a large barn. Of the homes, three were reported as total losses. Three horses were killed at the barn from debris. One person was injured but refused treatment. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted and multiple power poles and lines were downed.
February 2013LightningMentor$300,000A fire caused by a lightning strike destroyed an office building of the Journagan Construction quarry operations near Farm Road 194 and Farm Road 195. Time was estimated.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Mentor$40,000A National Weather Service survey found a brief EF-0 tornado touched down in far southeastern Greene County. Damage included broken branches and damage to a few outbuildings. Sheet metal and debris were displaced to the east in a field near the intersection of East Farm Road 186 and South Farm Road 203. Maximum wind speeds of 70 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMentor$10,000Trees down at golf course in southeast Springfield.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMentor-A large tree was broken in half.
May 2010Flash FloodMentor-East Farm Road 174 was reported as impassable due to flooding between Highway J and south Farm Road 193.
April 2010HailMentor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Expansion2.0 miles28
Palace (historical)2.1 miles23
Pembina2.6 miles23
Galloway2.9 miles28
Kissick3.1 miles21
Sequiota3.6 miles28
Cody4.3 miles23
Riverpark4.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 722234. 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.