Yount, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 2000. It stands in St. Marys Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63775. It stands on Neece Branch. The Survey maps it on the Patton quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 19 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.
- 1910 USGS Higdon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Higdon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Patton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2000 USGS Patton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Yount between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PUMA |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179387-02359-04132019-1424 |
| 25 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190302-02359-01012020-1314 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yount: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yount in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Yount | $10,000 | This short-lived tornado occurred in sparsely populated country near the tiny community of Yount. The tornado crossed Highway J three times, snapping and uprooting trees along its path. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Yount | $3,000 | Several trees and tree limbs were blown down along the north side of Highway BB. Peak winds were estimated near 75 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corners | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Parker Lake | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| Silver Lake | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Millheim | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Highland | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Friendly Valley | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Biehle | 10.5 miles | 18 | |
| Shakertowne | 10.6 miles | 18 |
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 Yount | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14704518 | 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 753014. 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.














