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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.

Rombauer within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

36 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use50 acresMark Twain National ForestEASTSIDE
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation189936-01201-08062019-1655
29 August 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 August 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 June 2007Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresMark Twain National ForestRADIO TOWER
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177190-01201-04182018-1525
12 April 1998Debris and open burning20 acresMark Twain National ForestOAK BRIAR
12 April 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSOUTHWEST POWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hodges Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Spring BankIronPast Producer
George TractIronPast Producer
George Tract Number 1IronPast Producer
George Tract Number ThreeIronPast Producer
Gibson BankIronPast Producer
Indian Ford Bank Number FourIronPast Producer
Indian Ford Bank Number ThreeIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

8 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2018Flash FloodRombauer$25,000Flash 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 2002Tornado (F1)Rombauer$2,000The 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 2019Thunderstorm WindRombauer-A trained spotter estimated winds gusted to 60 mph.
April 2014FloodRombauer-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 2006HailRombauer-Nickel size hail occurred at Eagle Point near Lake Wappapello.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindRombauer-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 2020HailRombauer-no account filed
December 2012HailRombauer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Barron5.0 miles14
Junland5.1 miles14
Ash Hill5.3 miles11
Fisk5.7 miles11
Empire5.8 miles14
Kinzer6.4 miles14
Hilliard7.3 miles15
Rossville7.8 miles9

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 RombauerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471082The 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.