Briarwood Estates, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Valle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63020. It stands on Fritz Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Soto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS De Soto NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS De Soto NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS De Soto NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
97 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Briarwood Estates between 2003 and 2019, burning about 230 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178414-05008-09092018-1315 |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 128390-05007-09122015-1411 |
| 30 August 2013 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Briarwood Estates: 23 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee's Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Mine | Barium-Barite, Clay, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Quinn Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Prentiss Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Vineland Tunnel & Hill Shaft | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Skewe's & Valle's Copper Mines | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Frech Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Soto | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Victoria | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Mount Freedom | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Vineland | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Summer Set | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Hillsboro | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Ware | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Frumet | 5.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806405. 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.












