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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1937 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Vichy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129838-06313-09132015-1204 |
| 13 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129836-06313-05182015-1425 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Future Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| O. H. Jones Pit | Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Vichy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Virgil Smith | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bray Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Dewitt Terrill Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Donnan Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | 1 hurt, $30,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds heavily damaged the roofs of two condominium units along Copper Ridge Drive. Two docks were also damaged. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | $30,000 | Multiple large limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were reported down along with multiple power lines. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | $2,000 | A roof was blown off a 20 foot by 40 foot tractor shed near the intersection of County Road 449 and Highway 68. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | $2,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a couple of power lines near the junction of Highways 63 and 68. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | $1,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2025 | Hail | Vichy | - | Report of quarter size hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Vichy | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Vichy | - | A small tributary of the Bourbeuse River flooded a section of Highway P just east of its intersection with Highway 63. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Vichy | - | 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | - | Numerous downed trees occurred from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Hail | Vichy | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lois | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Broadway (historical) | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Davis Ford | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lindell | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lanes Prairie | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| High Gate | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Safe | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| James Brothers | 6.9 miles | 17 |
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 Vichy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3469317 | The 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.









