It can also save you and your family from being caught in a sudden thunderstorm. A skipper knows to always check the weather forecast before leaving the dock, but sometimes weather changes happen very rapidly. You can keep a weather eye by watching clouds and paying attention to changes in the wind and the seas.
Fayette is a city in Howard County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,688 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Howard County. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11 km 2), of which, 4.3 square miles (11 km 2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2) of it (3.17%) is water. Also found west of Fredericktown but still within Madison County is Black Mountain.Highway E runs along the base of Black Mountain, beside the St. Francis River. While Black Mountain is only the 42nd highest (above sea level) in Missouri, Black Mountain has the largest change in elevation from the base to the summit.he earliest European settlement in the area near what is now Fredericktown was Mine La Motte, a small community about six miles (10 km) to the north. Mine La Motte was first settled by Europeans to mine a large vein of galena lead ore distributed in dolomite that reached the surface there.