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Pease, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65662. It lies near Phillips Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Rader quadrangle.

Pease within Laclede County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Pease between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,606 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2001Debris and open burning25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2000Debris and open burning129 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1998Arson/incendiarism12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism498 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pease: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede County

Storms near this place

26 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pease in 26 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 15 flood, 10 flash flood, 1 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
July 2015FloodPease$250,000Route J was closed at the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River due to flooding. This storm report will contain the overall storm damage estimates across Laclede County for this storm event. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
April 2025FloodPease-State Highway J at Parks Creek and other stream crossings was flooded and impassable.
June 2025Flash FloodPease-State Route J was closed due to flooding.
June 2025FloodPease-Flooding occurred along the Osage Fork at State Highway J.
June 2025Flash FloodPease-Route J was closed due to flooding.
April 2024FloodPease-State Highway J was closed at the Osage Fork Gasconade River and Parks Creek Bridges due to flooding.
June 2024Flash FloodPease-State Highway J was closed due to flooding south of Evergreen at the Osage Fork Gasconade River and Parks Creek.
March 2023FloodPease-Highway J at the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River due to heavy rainfall and flooding.
March 2023FloodPease-Route JJ at Parks Creek was closed due to flooding.
May 2022FloodPease-Highway J at the Osage River low water crossing was closed due to flooding.
January 2021Flash FloodPease-Heavy rainfall caused Parks Creek to flood making Highway J impassable.
May 2021FloodPease-State Highway J at Parks Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2021FloodPease-The low water crossing on Highway J at The Osage Fork was closed due to flooding.
March 2020FloodPease-State Highway J was closed at the Osage Fork Gasconade River due to flooding.
June 2020Flash FloodPease-State Highway J was closed due to flooding at the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River and Parks Creek.
February 2018FloodPease-Highway J was flooded at Parks Creek.
July 2016Flash FloodPease-The eastbound lane of Route J was closed due to flooding.
May 2015FloodPease-Highway J was closed at Parks Creek because of flooding.
July 2015Flash FloodPease-Route J at the Osage Fork Gasconade River and Parks Creek was closed due to flooding.
May 2015FloodPease-Highway H was closed northwest of Stoutland due to flooding.
July 2015Flash FloodPease-High water was over State Route J at the Osage Fork Gasconade River.
December 2015Flash FloodPease-Highway J was closed due to flooding near the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River.
June 2013FloodPease-Route J was closed.
August 2013Flash FloodPease-Highway J was closed in both directions at the Osage Fork.
April 2011FloodPease-Highway J was closed due to flooding.
September 2009Heavy RainPease-In 45 minutes, 2.20 inches of rain was measured causing flooding of a pond and fields.

Every storm recorded in Laclede 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
Morgan2.6 miles14
Orla3.4 miles14
Evergreen3.8 miles14
Origanna6.5 miles12
Russ6.6 miles14
Agnes7.2 miles17
Caffeyville8.5 miles14
Lyons8.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741144. 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.