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Minnith, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Beauvais Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63673. It lies near Cottonwood Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Minnith quadrangle.

Minnith within Ste. Genevieve County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 19 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

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Minnith between 1995 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
18 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178129-09533-04182019-1945
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178130-09533-04182018-1645
8 March 2020Debris and open burning27 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190195-09526-03082020-1530
22 March 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 January 2012Arson/incendiarism20 acresMark Twain National ForestCOUNTY LINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Minnith: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Cobalt-Nickel-CopperCobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-Zinc-Copper-IronCopper, Iron, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Burnt Mill PropertyLeadPast Producer
Horn S DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Golden Vein QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minnith in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
April 2022HailMinnith-Numerous reports of large hail. A few of the hail stones were 2 inches in diameter.
April 2015Flash FloodMinnith-Up to three inches of rain fell into a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded. Highway N just southwest of intersection with Minnith Road was washed out when Saline Creek overflowed its banks.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMinnith-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. Also, an old barn was blown down.
January 2007FloodMinnith-Rainfall of several inches caused localized flooding of small creeks and streams mainly across southern Ste. Genevieve County.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMinnith-The County Sheriff reported trees down blocking Highway N southwest of Minnith.

Every storm recorded in Ste. Genevieve 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
Ozora4.7 miles19
Clearwater5.2 miles19
River aux Vases6.1 miles19
Coffman7.7 miles19
Saint Mary7.7 miles24
Copper Mine8.9 miles18
Hicks9.1 miles24
Quarry Town9.4 miles19

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 MinnithAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16895201The 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 751123. 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.