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Shawneetown, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Shawnee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63755. The Survey maps it on the Oak Ridge quadrangle.

Shawneetown within Cape Girardeau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Shawneetown between 1996 and 1997, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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 burning2
Natural1

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
27 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 February 1997Natural1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Shawneetown: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
UnknownIronPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Old Appelton Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shawneetown in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 1 tornado, 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
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Shawneetown$1,000Two to three eyewitnesses observed a rotating funnel cloud touch ground. Debris was observed in the air. The funnel bounced off the ground and then touched down a second time before disappearing in very heavy rain. The touchdown occurred in a rural wooded area. Very little damage was located except for minor vegetative debris on County Road 513 and one tree down. Peak winds were estimated near 65 mph.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindShawneetown-A trained spotter estimated winds gusted to 60 mph. There was also pea to marble size hail.

Every storm recorded in Cape Girardeau 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
New Wells1.5 miles26
Pocahontas3.5 miles24
Concord (historical)3.7 miles24
Old Appleton4.5 miles24
Apple Creek5.0 miles24
Oak Ridge5.4 miles24
Sawyer5.8 miles19
Kimmelton (historical)5.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 731650. 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.