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Patterson, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63956. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Patterson quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.

Patterson within Wayne County

On record in Patterson

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Patterson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 2016Debris and open burning2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation139736-02220-09142016-0000
28 August 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2016Arson/incendiarism39 acresMark Twain National ForestJULIAN
9 April 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Patterson: 13 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Cheeney BankStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Duncan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harris Lime Co. Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mccallister QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Big Lake Creek BankIronPast Producer
Bob Raggin Jr. WilsonIronPast Producer1914

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patterson in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 9 hail, 5 flood, 4 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
April 2004Tornado (F1)Patterson$100,000Trees and power lines were blown down. Two businesses and about six homes were severely damaged when most of their roofing was blown off. The businesses were a beauty shop and a post office. A dozen barns and sheds were destroyed. Several vehicles and some farm machinery was damaged. Peak winds were estimated near 100 MPH. Power outages affected about 100 people. Some county roads and secondary highways were blocked. The damage path began on Highway B and ended at the junction of Highway 34 and FF Highway. Most of the structural damage was in Patterson at the junction of Highways 34 and FF.
December 2015Tornado (EF1)Patterson$50,000Peak winds were estimated near 105 mph. A couple dozen tree trunks were snapped, and several large tree branches were broken. Highway 34 was closed due to downed and uprooted trees. The tornado tracked along or just north of Highway 34, but it lifted before crossing U.S. Highway 67. The tornado tracked through forested areas and wetlands near the St. Francis River.
August 1998Flash FloodPatterson$20,000A nearly stationary cluster of thunderstorms dumped excessive rainfall amounts over a very small portion of Wayne County near Sam A. Baker State Park. Unofficial rainfall estimates were between 4 and 6 inches just north of Patterson, most of which fell within 3 hours. Clark Creek overflowed across low water bridges near Patterson.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindPatterson$10,000Numerous trees were blown down in north central Wayne County, including areas along Highway 143 at Sam A. Baker State Park.
January 2007FloodPatterson-At Patterson, where flood stage is 16 feet, the St. Francis River crested at 16.20 feet. This resulted in minor flooding of low-lying fields and woods near the river.
April 2007FloodPatterson-Minor flooding of fields and woodlands occurred along the St. Francis River. At Patterson, the river crested about six inches above the flood stage of 16 feet around 1:30 A.M. on the 15th.
May 2007FloodPatterson-Minor flooding of the St. Francis River occurred. At Patterson, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 18.31 feet around mid-morning on May 4. Some low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were flooded. Rainfall at Patterson was unofficially measured at 4 inches.
March 2006FloodPatterson-Minor flooding of the St. Francis River occurred after repeated episodes of widespread thunderstorms. At Patterson, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 16.01 feet. This resulted in minor flooding of bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPatterson-Roads were blocked by downed trees.
July 2001Flash FloodPatterson-Torrential rain from persistent thunderstorms caused Big Creek to rise rapidly during the early morning hours. Prior to reaching bankful, campers were evacuated from the Sam A. Baker State Park due to rapid rises on Big Creek.
June 1998Flash FloodPatterson-Persistent thunderstorms during the morning produced flooding rains. The St. Francis River rose rapidly and threatened Route 34 for a time. Water was reported over a road south of Greenville.
August 1998Flash FloodPatterson-A slow-moving band of thunderstorms produced heavy rain over the part of Wayne County that experienced flash flooding on the 10th. Although the duration of heavy rain was shorter than the previous day, amounts were estimated as high as 2 inches in one hour. Lower water bridges and some secondary roads were flooded along Clarks Creek. Highway 34 was flooded in spots between Piedmont and Patterson.
April 1993HailPatterson-The Piedmont Police Department reported 1.00-inch-diameter hail in Piedmont. Missouri Highway Patrol Troop E reported 0.75-inch-diameter hail at Patterson.
April 2022HailPatterson-no account filed
April 2021HailPatterson-no account filed
August 2012HailPatterson-no account filed
May 2011HailPatterson-no account filed
February 2006HailPatterson-no account filed
December 2006FloodPatterson-no account filed
July 2001HailPatterson-no account filed
May 1996HailPatterson-no account filed
October 1996HailPatterson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Rings1.5 miles19
Damon3.3 miles19
Virginia Settlement4.5 miles18
Silva4.7 miles20
Bounds4.9 miles20
Greenville6.8 miles20
Missionary Acres7.0 miles20
Lodi7.0 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 PattersonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475515The 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 751509. 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.