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Stone Hill, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. It lies near MacIntire Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Stone Hill quadrangle.

Stone Hill within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 19 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Stone Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,026 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 50 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism50
Debris and open burning34
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
26 August 2003Naturalunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLIGHTNING
2 August 2012Natural7.1 acresMark Twain National ForestBOYD
6 July 2003Other causesunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCHICKEN COOP
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMAJORS HOLLOW
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARCOOT CHARACOAL #2
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARCOOT CHARCOAL #3
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMARCOOT CHARCOAL #4
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMARCOOT CHARCOAL #5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Stone Hill: 17 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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
Smith PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Smith QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Smith QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eddington BankIronPast Producer
Eddington MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Hutchins Creek BankIronPast Producer
Hutchins Creek MineIronPast Producer
Nova Scotia MineIronPast Producer
Tower MineIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dent County

Storms near this place

20 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stone Hill in 20 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 11 flood, 5 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2023HailStone Hill$200,000Hail from half dollar to baseballs in sized occurred as multiple rounds of storms moved through the region over a 30 minute period. The area is rather rural but some campers and a few vehicles were damaged.
May 2023HailStone Hill$30,000Golf ball to tennis ball sized hail was reported in a mostly rural area. One home and a business suffered roof damage.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindStone Hill$1,000Report of a tree down approximately ten miles east of Salem on Highway 32.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindStone Hill$1,000Several trees were blown down. There was minor roof damage to an outbuilding.
March 2026FloodStone Hill-State Spur Highway EE was closed due to flooding.
April 2025Flash FloodStone Hill-Spur EE at the Meramec River was closed due to flooding.
April 2025Flash FloodStone Hill-Spur EE at the Merremec River was flooded and impassable.
April 2024FloodStone Hill-State Highway EE at the Meramec River was closed due to flooding.
April 2024FloodStone Hill-Route Spur-EE at the Meramec River was flooded and impassable.
March 2023FloodStone Hill-State Highway EE at the Meramec River was closed due to flooding.
March 2023FloodStone Hill-Route EE was closed at a low water crossing due to heavy rainfall and flooding.
February 2022FloodStone Hill-Spur EE Road at the Meramec River was flooded and impassable due to high water.
March 2022FloodStone Hill-State Highway EE at the Meramec River was flooded and impassable.
March 2021FloodStone Hill-The low water crossing on Spur EE at the Meramec River was closed due to flooding.
February 2018FloodStone Hill-State Highway EE was closed due to flooding.
April 2017FloodStone Hill-Route EE at Meramec River was closed due to flooding.
August 2015Flash FloodStone Hill-Route EE was closed due to flooding of the Meramec River.
April 2013Flash FloodStone Hill-Residents were rescued from a trailer surrounded by water along the Meramec River near Highway EE.
April 2011Flash FloodStone Hill-Route EE was closed due to flooding.
May 2010FloodStone Hill-A low water crossing on state Highway EE was flooded and closed.

Every storm recorded in Dent 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
Junction Lookout (historical)1.4 miles19
Max2.9 miles18
Howes Mill2.9 miles19
Mounce5.0 miles18
Ark5.5 miles19
Turtle6.6 miles18
Doss7.8 miles18
Fawn8.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752377. 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.