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Seaton, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. The Survey maps it on the Seaton quadrangle.

Seaton within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Seaton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 521 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220561-08110-07112020-1755
3 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 May 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Seaton: 41 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Iron, Copper. 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
Kelly Mine No. 3Copper, IronOccurrenceLimonite
Stimson MineIron, CopperPast Producer1880
African MineIronPast ProducerSurface/Underground
African MineIronPast Producer
Blackwell BankIronPast Producer
Blair MineIronPast Producer
Blair MineIronPast ProducerUnknown
Bowman MineIronPast Producer
Bowman MineIronPast Producer
Brady MineIronPast ProducerSurface/Underground

Every working recorded in Phelps County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seaton in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain, 1 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
December 2010Tornado (EF1)Seaton$50,000The NWS survey team determined that the EF-1 tornado that touched down and caused two fatalities near Lecoma in Dent County tracked into southern Phelps County where it enlarged to around a quarter mile wide near County Road 179. The tornado ended around County Road 154 as an EF-0 about 50 yards wide. The tornado downed several trees and damaged power lines in Phelps County.
April 2024HailSeaton-Quarter sized hail was reported.
November 2024Heavy RainSeaton-The CoCoRaHS station MO-PH-17 located 8.2 miles south-southeast of Rolla measured a 2-day rainfall total of 8.57 inches.
May 2023HailSeaton-Nickle to Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2023HailSeaton-Nickle to quarter sized hail was reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSeaton-Tree limbs were reported down off of Highway 72 near County Road 5420 via social media.
September 2018Heavy RainSeaton-COCORAHS Station MO-PH-17, reported a 24 rain total of 2.86 inches.
February 2012Tornado (EF1)Seaton-This is a continuation of the EF-1 rated tornado that touched down in Phelps County at 01:06 CST, crossed into northwest Dent County, then back into Phelps County before lifting to the northeast of Seaton north of YY. The overall track of the tornado was 19 miles with damage limited to downed trees.

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
Clinton2.3 miles20
Winkler3.1 miles20
Austria (historical)3.8 miles20
De Camp (historical)6.4 miles22
Dean Ford8.1 miles23
Meramec Springs (historical)10.8 miles22
Vida11.0 miles26
Yancy Mills12.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741253. 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.