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Sylvania, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65682. It stands on Big George Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jerico Springs quadrangle.

Sylvania within Dade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sylvania between 1994 and 1998, burning about 213 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 burning2
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
17 August 1997Natural3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 January 1998Debris and open burning180 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sylvania: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Mammen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Taylor Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sylvania in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSylvania$5,000Trees were down near Highway E and Highway D in Dade County.
June 2025Flash FloodSylvania-An intersection on State Highway D was underwater and impassable.
August 2024Heavy RainSylvania-A Mesonet station located two miles east-northeast of Sylvania in Dade County measured 4.40 inches of storm total rainfall.
April 2023HailSylvania-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported.
March 2021FloodSylvania-The low water crossing on Highway VV at Horse Creek was closed due to flooding.
May 2009Flash FloodSylvania-Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding along several sections of Highway E and Highway D.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSylvania-One tree was blown down.
August 2012HailSylvania-no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodSylvania-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dade 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
Sims Point4.2 miles15
Grays Valley4.4 miles15
Flory (historical)4.4 miles17
Davenport4.7 miles16
Cedarville5.0 miles13
Neola8.1 miles15
Arcola8.3 miles13
Lockwood9.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727423. 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.