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South Troy, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63379. It stands on Meister Branch. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.

South Troy within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of South Troy between 1997 and 2018, burning about 13 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 burning6
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
9 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176952-10952-04302018-1508
17 April 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 March 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 February 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 January 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of South Troy: 8 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
Behrens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hammond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lincoln Co Hwy DeptStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lincoln Co Hwy DeptStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

14 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Troy in 14 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2023HailSouth Troy$1,000A wide swath of large hail fell across Lincoln County from about 3 miles south of Cave, through Troy to Foley and Winfield. One house just southwest of Foley had a window broken by the large hail.
April 2026Tornado (EF1)South Troy-A brief tornado touched down along Linns Mill Road near Coon Creek, southwest of Troy, and moved northeast. The tornado crossed Forest Acres Lane and Crooked Creek before lifting along Sugar Grove Road. Along it's path it produced tree damage, snapping some tree trunks and uprooting other trees. This damage suggests a maximum wind speed of approximately 95 mph.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindSouth Troy-Thunderstorm winds caused damage from near the Woodland Airstrip northeast into Winfield. Near the beginning, winds peeled back the roof of an old farm outbuilding and caused a small farm outbuilding to collapse upon itself. Winds blew down tree branches, power lines, and power poles along its path. Between Moscow Mills and Troy, a billboard was blown over onto a mobile home which sustained damage.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Troy-Thunderstorm winds knocked down tree branches between Hawk Point and Troy just south of Highway 47. The thunderstorm then produced a 78 mph wind gust at Avery Park in Troy.
March 2020HailSouth Troy-Large hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter was reported in southern portions of Lincoln County. The large hail was reported in near Troy, Moscow Mills, Old Monroe, and Winfield.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Troy-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs on Highway U near intersection with Highway J.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Troy-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous power lines onto Highway 47 near the juncture with Highways H and J west of Troy. Also, 4 to 5 power poles were snapped off on about 4 feet above the ground on North Moore School Road west of Troy. In Winfield, a 5 inch diameter poplar tree was snapped off.
September 2014Flash FloodSouth Troy-Up to six inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Highway J southwest of Troy was closed due to running water from Big Creek.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSouth Troy-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees near the intersection of Highways J and U.
August 2010Flash FloodSouth Troy-Several streets in downtown Troy were flooded and became impassable. Numerous intersections across town were underwater.
April 2023HailSouth Troy-no account filed
October 2014HailSouth Troy-no account filed
April 2012HailSouth Troy-no account filed
April 2012HailSouth Troy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Troy1.7 miles24
Linns Mills (historical)3.4 miles20
Moscow Mills4.1 miles24
Cuivre Heights5.0 miles13
Cave5.0 miles16
Mashek (historical)5.4 miles16
Famous5.4 miles16
Stepanek Crossing5.8 miles16

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 South TroyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622705The 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 726792. 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.