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Bushburg, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Joachim Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63070. The Survey maps it on the Herculaneum quadrangle.

Bushburg within Jefferson County

On record in Bushburg

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Bushburg between 2006 and 2020, burning about 119 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesUNION PACIFIC
6 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesVAL 1
30 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Bushburg: 18 past producers, 5 producers, 2 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Lead, Smelter. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Herculaneum SmelterLead, SmelterPlant
Crystal City Sand PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Arch Johnston Excav Quarry/PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbia Quarry No. 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glen Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Goetz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jefferson County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Tunnel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Riverside1.3 miles25
Engle (historical)1.6 miles25
Pevely1.8 miles25
Sulphur Springs2.1 miles26
Herculaneum2.6 miles25
Barnhart2.8 miles25
Sunnyside3.0 miles26
Horine3.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740715. 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.