Rombauer, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in St. Francois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63901. It stands on Cattail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rombauer quadrangle. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1935 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rombauer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Rombauer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 321 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EASTSIDE |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189936-01201-08062019-1655 |
| 29 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | RADIO TOWER |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177190-01201-04182018-1525 |
| 12 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | OAK BRIAR |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SOUTHWEST POWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Rombauer: 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hodges Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Spring Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| George Tract | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| George Tract Number 1 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| George Tract Number Three | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Gibson Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Ford Bank Number Four | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Ford Bank Number Three | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rombauer in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Rombauer | $25,000 | Flash flooding of streets occurred in Poplar Bluff, where at least a couple of water rescues were conducted. Flooding of Pike Creek resulted in an impassable secondary road just west of Poplar Bluff. Water was over County Road 569 near Rombauer. Near Hendrickson, the intersection of two back roads in the Mark Twain National Forest was completely underwater. Parts of County Road 523 were washing out rapidly. A thunderstorm produced nearly an inch of rain in 45 minutes at the Poplar Bluff airport. This heavy rain occurred after nearly 5 inches of rain had fallen in the previous four days. |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Rombauer | $2,000 | The long-track tornado that crossed much of Carter and Butler Counties briefly touched down again near Rombauer. Numerous trees were down along the short damage track. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rombauer | - | A trained spotter estimated winds gusted to 60 mph. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Rombauer | - | Some roads remained underwater, and creeks stayed out of their banks following thunderstorms the previous night and rain the following day. Along the Black River, there was minor flooding of low-lying woods and fields, as well as sections of a park. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rombauer | - | Nickel size hail occurred at Eagle Point near Lake Wappapello. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rombauer | - | Thunderstorm winds that struck the Wappapello area of Wayne County also affected the northeast corner of Butler County. Numerous trees were down along Butler County T Highway and RA Highway. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Rombauer | - | no account filed |
| December 2012 | Hail | Rombauer | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Rombauer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471082 | The 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 751957. 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.








