Solo, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65564. It stands on Little Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elk Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1945 USGS Clear Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Clear Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Elk Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Solo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 419 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Solo: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bedwell Prpperty | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Solo in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Solo | $1,000,000 | Widespread flooding of rural roads and low water crossings were reported throughout the county.||The total cost estimate for flooding damages for Texas County for this entire episode has been included. This includes roads, bridges, and structures which were affected. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Solo | - | There were several large limbs blown down. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Solo | - | Wind gusts were estimated between 50 and 60 mph along with the hail. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Solo | - | Highway 17 near Indian Creek was closed to to flood waters. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Solo | - | High winds from a dissipating supercell downed several large trees. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Solo | - | 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 Solo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5269972 | 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 755485. 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.












