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Modena, Missouri

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64673. The Survey maps it on the Modena quadrangle.

Modena within Mercer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

14 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Modena between 2014 and 2019, burning about 161 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
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
10 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177460-02319-05102018-1822
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178652-04067-04092019-1605
5 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation125911-02319-04282015-1414
10 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 2015Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation121722-02319-04012015-1055
8 March 2015Smoking5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation120251-02319-03082015-1319
22 March 2018Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177103-02319-03222018-2318

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mercer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Modena: 13 past producers, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Franklin Twp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mercer County

Storms near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Modena in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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
May 2018Thunderstorm WindModena$10,000Homeowner estimated 80 mph winds with a storm that moved through Modena. Windows were blown out by the strong winds.
March 2023HailModena-A supercell produced golf ball sized hail in far southern Mercer County northwest of Spickard.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindModena-Outbuilding was blown down in the Moderna area. There was also damage to some vehicles and power poles were snapped.
June 2021Flash FloodModena-Emergency management reported that gravel roads just west of Route U were running over with water.
July 2008Flash FloodModena-State Highway D was closed due to high water.
May 2018HailModena-no account filed
May 2012HailModena-no account filed
April 2003HailModena-no account filed
April 1994HailModena-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mercer 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
Dinsmore4.4 miles10
Mill Grove4.6 miles10
Goshen5.7 miles10
Princeton8.7 miles10
Topsy11.2 miles7
Alvord (historical)11.6 miles10
Half Rock13.1 miles7
Burrows15.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735727. 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.