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Syenite, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63640. It lies near Butler Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wachita Mountain quadrangle.

Syenite within St. Francois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 18 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Syenite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 237 acres in total. 1 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Other causes1
Natural1
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
15 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179308-09435-08152019-1535
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177363-09435-07122018-1245
8 April 2020Other causes1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190378-06205-04082020-1434
16 April 1992Natural29 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176797-09435-04122018-1531
14 March 1992Debris and open burning11 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 February 2018Debris and open burning38 acresMissouri Department of Conservation165910-06205-02092018-1158
28 February 1992Debris and open burning125 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 118 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 118 workings within 5 miles of Syenite: 117 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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
Mine La Motte #1Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Greasy MinesIronPast Producer
Mine La Motte #2Cobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Old Miller PlaceIronOccurrenceVein
Unknown - Lead.Copper-Nickel.CobaltCobalt, Copper, Lead, NickelPast Producer
Unknown - Lead.ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead.ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead.ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead.ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Syenite in 1 storm report in 2021: 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
October 2021Tornado (EF2)Syenite-The tornado began between Highway H and U.S. Highway 67 around 5.4 miles south-southeast of Farmington. The tornado crossed U.S. Highway 67 where it topped, snapped, and uprooted trees. The tornado traveled northeast paralleling a portion of Possum Hollow Road where tree damage was extensive with numerous snapped and uprooted trees. Several homes along this stretch were damaged, primarily due to fallen trees. The tornado then struck a farmstead near a bend in Possum Hollow Road where it completely destroyed two outbuildings. Neither of these structures were well-anchored and damage was rated at EF-1. The tornado continued to the northeast snapping and uprooting trees. A homeowner with 40 acres of land along Knob Lick Road estimated that 60-70% of the trees were destroyed. Extensive damage was found near the intersection of Knob Lick Road and Old Fredericktown Road. Three homes in this area lost all or large portions of their roof with one home also losing portions of several walls. This damage was rated EF-2. Damage from the homes, a destroyed garage, and trees was strewn hundreds of yards to the north. The path width of the tornado at this point was just over 400 yards. The tornado then crossed Highway OO where the width was around 450 yards. A home lost part of its roof, a barn was damaged, and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along this stretch. All of this damage was rated at EF-1. The tornado crossed Smith Road destroying several barns and damaging a manufactured home, and then crossed Busiek Road damaging a small barn, several farm outbuildings and totally destroying a large well built farm outbuilding. Damage in this area was rated EF-1 or EF-2. The 400+ yard wide tornado crossed the St. Francois County/Ste. Genevieve County line just north of Green Acres Lane.

Every storm recorded in St. Francois 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
Knob Lick1.3 miles18
Libertyville5.8 miles18
Hamilton Town6.6 miles18
De Lassus6.9 miles19
Doe Run7.2 miles18
Rock Springs7.3 miles19
Farmington7.4 miles19
Valley Forge (historical)7.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756776. 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.