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Northwye, Missouri

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65401. The Survey maps it on the Rolla quadrangle.

Northwye within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Northwye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Debris and open burning58
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
28 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179467-08102-09162019-1600
9 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178675-08102-08092018-1546
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178691-08102-08082018-1148
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 August 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Northwye: 51 past producers, 9 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Portable Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roving Screen PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkFire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gus Storr ProspectIronPast Producer
Kelly Mine # 2IronPast Producer
Kelly Mine No. 2IronPast ProducerHematite, Limonite, Pyrite
Rolla MineIronPast Producer
Taylor's Rolla MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Phelps County

Storms near this place

35 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northwye in 35 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 heavy rain. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNorthwye$30,000Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged several Uhaul trailers. Portable sheds and a greenhouse were damaged at the Lowes store.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNorthwye$5,000Shingles and decking of a roof was removed at an apartment complex on the 1900 block of Forum Road in Rolla.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNorthwye$5,000Power lines were blown down near the intersection of Highway E and Highway A.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNorthwye$2,000A state official reported a power line down on Eastwood Street in Rolla.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindNorthwye-A tree was uprooted and fell on Highway Y blocking traffic.
May 2024HailNorthwye-Report of half dollar size hail.
April 2024HailNorthwye-Quarter sized hail was reported to have fallen for several minutes.
July 2024Heavy RainNorthwye-A Mesonet station 2 miles north of Rolla measured a 3-hour rainfall total of 3.42 inches.
March 2019HailNorthwye-Up to quarter size hail was reported. No damage occurred.
August 2019Flash FloodNorthwye-Tree litter and debris was washed onto the road on County Road 8410 at the low water crossing over Spring Creek.
July 2019Flash FloodNorthwye-Highways Y and E in Rolla were impassable due to flooding.
March 2018FloodNorthwye-The low water crossing was flooded at Highway E just west of Rolla.
April 2018HailNorthwye-There was a mPING report of nickel to quarter size hail.
September 2018Heavy RainNorthwye-COCORAHS Station MO-PH-16, reported a 24 rain total of 2.00 inches.
December 2015Heavy RainNorthwye-There was a report of 5.92 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
April 2013HailNorthwye-A public report relayed via local media Facebook page.
April 2013Flash FloodNorthwye-Water was over the roadway along Highway E at Wild Cat Creek.
August 2013Heavy RainNorthwye-Over a span of six hours, 4.20 of rainfall was reported.
December 2010Funnel CloudNorthwye-Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud one mile north of Rolla.
October 2009Flash FloodNorthwye-Route E north of the junction of Route HH was closed due to flooding.
October 2009Flash FloodNorthwye-Highway E was closed due to flooding.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNorthwye-A few tree limbs were blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2008Flash FloodNorthwye-Numerous city streets in Rolla experienced flash flooding from a training cluster of thunderstorms. A section of Highway BB near St. James also experienced flash flooding.
September 2008Flash FloodNorthwye-Two to four inches of rain fell over Phelps County resulting in flooding of small streams, creeks, and one main stem river. A few specific locations that flooded included a section of Highway E northwest of Rolla, a section of Highway Y, a section of Highway P, and several streets in the community of Newburg.
April 2014HailNorthwye-no account filed
December 2008Thunderstorm WindNorthwye-no account filed
December 2008Thunderstorm WindNorthwye-no account filed
December 2008HailNorthwye-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNorthwye-no account filed
March 2008HailNorthwye-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNorthwye-no account filed
August 2008HailNorthwye-no account filed
August 2008HailNorthwye-no account filed
April 2007HailNorthwye-no account filed
March 2007HailNorthwye-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Phelps 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
Rolla1.8 miles28
Dillon3.1 miles23
Signal (historical)5.0 miles17
Doolittle7.1 miles25
Dean Ford7.1 miles23
Westcott (historical)7.6 miles25
Saint James7.6 miles22
Vida8.5 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751361. 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.