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Stony Hill, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boeuf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63068. It stands on Clifty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dissen quadrangle.

Stony Hill within Gasconade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Stony Hill between 1996 and 2020, burning about 70 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177160-03733-06072018-1138
4 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200569-03733-05042020-1050
9 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation123810-03620-04302015-1745
16 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation120838-03623-03162015-1740
10 March 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 March 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 February 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gasconade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Stony Hill: 44 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ernie- Robert PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Hesemann PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Lantenschlaeger PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Steinbeck PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gasconade County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stony Hill in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Flash FloodStony Hill-Up to seven inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. In the Rosebud area, several roads were covered. Also, 4 vehicles had to be pulled out of the water. No injuries were reported. About a mile east of Drake, Highway ZZ was closed due to flash flooding. About 4 miles east northeast of Mount Sterling, the east bound lane of U.S. Highway 50 was closed at Highway K due to flooding.
February 2011Tornado (EF1)Stony Hill-A tornado touched down about half a mile west of the intersection of Lone Grove School Road and Hesemann Road. In this location it broke off and uprooted numerous trees. As it travelled to the east it blew over a hay wagon and overturned a couple of tanks and farm equipment. A nearby home sustained minor roof damage and a shed was completely flattened. It blew over more trees before crossing Lone Grove School Road. At this location it blew part of the roof off of a large barn. It travelled a little further to the east blowing down a few more trees near Grannemann Road before lifting and dissipating. The max width of the tornado was 175 yards and was on the ground for three quarters of a mile. It was rated as EF1.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindStony Hill-Thunderstorm winds blew over two large trees near Lone Grove School Road as well as numerous large tree limbs.

Every storm recorded in Gasconade 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
Swiss5.3 miles21
Little Berger5.5 miles21
Wiffenberg6.5 miles20
Drake7.0 miles20
Bay10.1 miles21
Cave Hill10.3 miles16
Brown Shanty10.7 miles21
Rosebud10.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727147. 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.