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Vichy, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65580. The Survey maps it on the Vichy quadrangle. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.

Vichy within Maries 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Vichy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation129838-06313-09132015-1204
13 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 1995Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 May 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation129836-06313-05182015-1425

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maries County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Vichy: 48 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Zinc, Lead. 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
Great Future MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
O. H. Jones PitIron, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Vichy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Virgil SmithStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bray PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dewitt Terrill PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Donnan PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Maries County

Storms near this place

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vichy in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 1998Thunderstorm WindVichy1 hurt, $30,000Thunderstorms winds blew over a mobile home along County Road 452 near Vichy. A teenage girl inside suffered minor injuries. VIH ASOS site nearby reported a wind gust to 68 knots at 1609 CST.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindVichy$35,000Thunderstorm winds heavily damaged the roofs of two condominium units along Copper Ridge Drive. Two docks were also damaged.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindVichy$30,000Multiple large limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were reported down along with multiple power lines.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindVichy$2,000A roof was blown off a 20 foot by 40 foot tractor shed near the intersection of County Road 449 and Highway 68.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindVichy$2,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a couple of power lines near the junction of Highways 63 and 68.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindVichy$1,000Thunderstorms estimated at 50 mph blew down a shed near the community of Paydown and blew down power lines along Highway 42 between Belle and Vichy.
May 2025HailVichy-Report of quarter size hail.
April 2023HailVichy-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
May 2009Flash FloodVichy-A small tributary of the Bourbeuse River flooded a section of Highway P just east of its intersection with Highway 63.
August 2008Flash FloodVichy-Radar estimated rainfall exceeding five inches fell within this area of flash flooding. The Maries County Emergency Management Director surveyed the flooding and described it as major flash flooding. Sections of county roads 444, 442, 440, 521, 523, 527, and 450 were all impassable to motorists.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindVichy-Numerous downed trees occurred from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindVichy-no account filed
March 2012HailVichy-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindVichy-no account filed
April 2011HailVichy-no account filed
April 2011HailVichy-no account filed
April 2007HailVichy-no account filed
September 2006HailVichy-no account filed
May 2004HailVichy-no account filed
May 2004HailVichy-no account filed
May 2004HailVichy-no account filed
June 2003HailVichy-no account filed
May 2002Flash FloodVichy-no account filed
July 2002HailVichy-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindVichy-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindVichy-no account filed
May 1997HailVichy-no account filed
February 1996HailVichy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Maries 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
Lois2.5 miles18
Broadway (historical)2.9 miles17
Davis Ford4.4 miles17
Lindell4.4 miles18
Lanes Prairie5.4 miles17
High Gate5.6 miles17
Safe6.0 miles17
James Brothers6.9 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on VichyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3469317The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728179. 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.