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Sereno, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Bois Brule Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63775. The Survey maps it on the Belgique quadrangle. It stands 620 feet above sea level.

Sereno within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

2 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sereno between 1995 and 2011, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
29 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 February 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sereno: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Herrin City Eng.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Perry County Stone Co. Quarry/PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sereno QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sereno in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 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
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSereno$2,000A couple of trees were down in northern Perry County. One tree was over the road on County Road 832, and another tree was down on County Road 210.
July 2012LightningSereno-Fourteen cattle were killed under a tree by an apparent lightning strike.
April 2006HailSereno-no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodSereno-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Saline Junction2.0 miles23
McBride2.5 miles22
Lithium3.1 miles23
Brewer4.1 miles23
Belgique4.6 miles22
Perryville5.1 miles18
Claryville6.6 miles23
Menfro6.9 miles23

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 SerenoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14704485The 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 726210. 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.