Ashcroft Addition, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Poplar Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63901. It stands on Pike Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harviell quadrangle.
On record in Ashcroft Addition
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 10 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depotlisted 1994 · 0.7 miles away
St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Depotlisted 1994 · 0.8 miles away
John Archibald Phillips Houselisted 1998 · 0.8 miles away
Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Department Store Buildinglisted 2006 · 0.8 miles away
Butler County Courthouselisted 1994 · 0.9 miles away
Rodgers Theatre Buildinglisted 2001 · 0.9 miles away
Poplar Bluff Public Librarylisted 1994 · 1.0 miles away- Zehe Buildinglisted 1994 · 0.8 miles away
- Poplar Bluff Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1994 · 0.9 miles away
- South Sixth Street Historic Districtlisted 1998 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Harviell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harviell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Harviell quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Ashcroft Addition between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251235-01201-09062020-1711 |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251236-01201-09302020-1523 |
| 28 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178114-01201-09202018-1836 |
| 11 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251228-01201-07062020-1525 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Ashcroft Addition: 16 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Allen Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hooper Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Leib Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinegar Hill | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Kelly Town | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Poplar Bluff | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Morocco | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Kinzer | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Dell | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Valley | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Empire | 4.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735296. 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.






