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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 19 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.
- 1941 USGS Stone Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Stone Hill 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
- 1981 USGS Stone Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Stone Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | LIGHTNING |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 7.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BOYD |
| 6 July 2003 | Other causes | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | CHICKEN COOP |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | MAJORS HOLLOW |
| 26 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MARCOOT CHARACOAL #2 |
| 26 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MARCOOT CHARCOAL #3 |
| 26 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | MARCOOT CHARCOAL #4 |
| 26 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MARCOOT CHARCOAL #5 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eddington Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Eddington Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Hutchins Creek Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hutchins Creek Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Nova Scotia Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tower Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Stone Hill | $200,000 | Hail 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 2023 | Hail | Stone Hill | $30,000 | Golf ball to tennis ball sized hail was reported in a mostly rural area. One home and a business suffered roof damage. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Hill | $1,000 | Report of a tree down approximately ten miles east of Salem on Highway 32. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Hill | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down. There was minor roof damage to an outbuilding. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | State Spur Highway EE was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Stone Hill | - | Spur EE at the Meramec River was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Stone Hill | - | Spur EE at the Merremec River was flooded and impassable. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | State Highway EE at the Meramec River was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | Route Spur-EE at the Meramec River was flooded and impassable. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | State Highway EE at the Meramec River was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | Route EE was closed at a low water crossing due to heavy rainfall and flooding. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | Spur EE Road at the Meramec River was flooded and impassable due to high water. |
| March 2022 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | State Highway EE at the Meramec River was flooded and impassable. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | The low water crossing on Spur EE at the Meramec River was closed due to flooding. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | State Highway EE was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | Route EE at Meramec River was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Stone Hill | - | Route EE was closed due to flooding of the Meramec River. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Stone Hill | - | Residents were rescued from a trailer surrounded by water along the Meramec River near Highway EE. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Stone Hill | - | Route EE was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Stone Hill | - | A low water crossing on state Highway EE was flooded and closed. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junction Lookout (historical) | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Max | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Howes Mill | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Mounce | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ark | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Turtle | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Doss | 7.8 miles | 18 | |
| Fawn | 8.2 miles | 18 |
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.













