Bates Creek Camp, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Breton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63664. The Survey maps it on the Potosi quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1906 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Potosi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 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
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Bates Creek Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,013 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 128010-11043-09062015-1446 |
| 31 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 61 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Bates Creek Camp: 57 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordans Copper Diggings | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Pierce and Willoughby's Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Potosi | Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1763 | |
| Strawberry Diggings | Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Wolf Quarry | Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Krueger Zinc Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead and Zinc | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead and Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown -Ba and Pb | Lead, Barium-Barite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potosi | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Springtown | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Shirley | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Mineral Point | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Latty | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Frogtown | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Summit | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| Hopewell | 6.4 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122539320 | 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 748711. 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.













