Warrenton
Seen to fall in 1877 in the United States · 1.6 kg recovered · CO3.7
Warrenton is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed CO3.7. The nearest other recorded fall is St. Louis, 80 km to the east.
- Recorded position
- 38.683° N, 91.150° W
The map is centred on Warrenton. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie seven other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis | 1950 | H4 | 1 kg | 80 km east |
| 2 | Little Piney | 1839 | L5 | 491 g | 118 km south-west |
| 3 | Palmyra | 1926 | L3 | 135 g | 128 km north |
| 4 | Tilden | 1927 | L6 | 75 kg | 139 km east |
| 5 | Benld | 1938 | H6 | 1.8 kg | 179 km east |
| 6 | Cape Girardeau | 1846 | H6 | 2.3 kg | 209 km south-east |
What CO3.7 means
CO3.7 is the label for a carbonaceous chondrite of the CO (Ornans type) group, petrologic type 3, the least heated and most primitive texture.
Warrenton in the United States’s record
In date order Warrenton is number 30 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 146 falls recorded in the United States, which run from 1807 to 2012. By recovered mass Warrenton comes 81st of 146 there. The fall recorded before Warrenton in the United States is Cynthiana (1877); the next is Estherville (1879).
The 1870s
Warrenton is one of 51 falls dated to the 1870s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1877, among them Soko-Banja in Serbia, Cronstad in South Africa, Hungen in Germany.