East Columbia Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

One of 12 National Register listings published here for St. Francois County · listed in 2007 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 202 E. Columbia St., Farmington, 63640
When was it listed? May 2007
Category. district
Township. St. Francois township
National Register reference number. 07000482 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of East Columbia Historic District (Boundary Increase) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Debris and open burning	10
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
5 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	179045-09435-09052019-1445
14 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	179312-09435-09142019-1415
26 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	220644-09435-08262020-1405
15 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	179308-09435-08152019-1535
12 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	177363-09435-07122018-1245
25 June 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	4.4 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	179309-09435-06252019-1605
10 June 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	179310-09435-06102019-1433
28 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	176802-09435-04282018-1223

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of East Columbia Historic District (Boundary Increase): 27 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Iron, Nickel, Lead, Copper, Cobalt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Shaft Number Two	Nickel, Lead, Copper, Cobalt	Past Producer
Cushing Bank	Iron	Past Producer
Dean J.H. Land	Iron	Past Producer
Doe Run	Lead	Producer	1885
Mine Number 25doe Run Lead Co	Lead	Past Producer
Mine Number Ninedoe Run Lead Co	Lead	Past Producer
Shaft Number Eleven	Lead	Past Producer
Shaft Number Twodoe Run Lead Co	Lead	Past Producer
Biels Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Cowans Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this property

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington, the town this property stands in, in 69 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 38 hail, 31 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	1 hurt, $15,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$300,000	no account filed
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$5,000	Trees were blown down in numerous areas around Farmington. Some downed trees damaged nearby houses and brought down power lines.
October 1993	Hail	Farmington	$5,000	The county sheriff reported dime-size hail at 1540 CST and golf ball-size hail between Farmington and Flat River a few minutes later.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$500	The county sheriff reported numerous trees and power lines down between Bonne Terre and Farmington.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	A trained spotter in Farmington estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
April 2026	Hail	Farmington	-	Photo of multiple large hail stones. Largest is measured at 2 inches.
May 2025	Hail	Farmington	-	Hail fell near KREI Radio in Farmington.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	A trained spotter reported estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	A tree was snapped near Farmington.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Multiple sources including the public and amateur radio operators reported estimated 60mph wind gusts in the Farmington area. Only minor tree damage was noted from the gusts.
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees at the intersection of Highway OO and Highway F just southeast of Farmington, blocking the roadway for a time.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs around town.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Several large tree limbs were blown down on the north side of town.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs and a couple of trees around town. A few of the fallen trees blocked roads in the area.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds caused major damage to a barn on Westmeyer Road on the south side of town. Also, several trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down around town.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines around town.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs around town. Also, a large tree was blown over onto a home causing moderate roof damage.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds uprooted or snapped several large trees on the south side of town.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Several trees were blown over onto U.S. Highway 67.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs and several power lines.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines along Highway D.
December 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines in town.
April 2006	Hail	Farmington	-	Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail covering the ground.
August 2006	Hail	Farmington	-	Local law enforcement reported 3/4 inch hail.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, numerous large tree limbs and several power lines.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down and several trees were blown over.
August 2003	Hail	Farmington	-	The Sheriff Department reported golfball size hail.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Local law enforcement reported trees down.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Farmington police reported large tree limbs down across the city.
May 1995	Hail	Farmington	-	Golf ball-size hail fell in Bonne Terre with numerous large trees down over central parts of the county. Several windows were broken in the Park Hills area due to large hail and the strong wind gusts. A commercial building in Park Hills also sustained roof damage when a section of the roof peeled back. The county sheriff's department also reported hail the size of quarters before the storm moved out of the county.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported by the county sheriff.
April 2026	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	no account filed
May 2024	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2020	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
July 2018	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
February 2011	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
May 2009	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
September 2006	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
September 2006	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Francois County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
East Columbia Historic District	0.1 miles	2004
Courthouse Square Historic District	0.2 miles	2004
St. Francois County Jail and Sheriff's Residence	0.3 miles	1996
James Robinson McCormick House	0.4 miles	1998
Presbyterian Orphanage of Missouri	0.6 miles	2006
Farmington State Hospital No. 4 Cemetery	1.6 miles	2010

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07000482 in Record Group 79.
St. Francois County	All 12 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.