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Swiss, 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 65041. The Survey maps it on the Swiss quadrangle.

Swiss 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 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Swiss between 2001 and 2020, burning about 91 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1

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
4 March 2001Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177031-03733-03032018-1322
20 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177027-03733-03162018-1748
1 March 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gasconade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 130 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 130 workings within 5 miles of Swiss: 127 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - FeIronPast Producer
Peerless Park Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
B. Schoening QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Des Peres Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
E. Heimm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Boesch Pit Et.Al.Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Braudhorst PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Ernie- Robert PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Lantenschlaeger PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gasconade County

Storms near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swiss in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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
April 1994Thunderstorm WindSwiss$500,000Numerous trees were blown down and large branches snapped. The winds also damaged several mobile homes, sheds, and roofs. The damage was most concentated in a two mile wide path in the north half of the county from the Gasconade River to Swiss. At the intersection of Old Iron Road and Highway 19, strong winds ripped part of the roof off a house. A school building at the east end of County Road NN also lost part of its roof. Three unanchored mobile homes on County Road NN at the north edge of Swiss were blown into each other. Elsewhere in the county strong winds tore away part of the roof off several sheds in Morrison and bent television antennas.
May 2024HailSwiss-A photo of a hailstone was estimated to be slightly larger than 2 inches in diameter near Bay. In Hermann, a social media user reported 1.75 inch hail.
July 2020Flash FloodSwiss-Up to 7 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing widespread flash flooding in northeastern Gasconade County. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway 19 and roads throughout Hermann. Also, Frene Creek near the Adam Putcha Winery was well out of its banks with at least 3 to 4 feet of water flowing over Frene Creek Road just south of the intersection with Highway 100.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSwiss-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto Highway 19 just south of Swiss.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindSwiss-no account filed

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
Stony Hill5.3 miles21
Brown Shanty5.5 miles21
Little Berger5.7 miles21
Bay6.0 miles21
Drake6.5 miles20
Cave Hill6.9 miles16
Wiffenberg7.4 miles20
Feigler Ferry7.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727397. 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.