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Castlewood, Missouri

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63021. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle.

Castlewood within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

17 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Castlewood between 2003 and 2014, burning about 39 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2003Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 March 2003Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Castlewood: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bussen Antire Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis 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
Mountain Ridge0.7 miles29
Lincoln Beach0.8 miles29
Minke0.9 miles29
Tyson1.0 miles29
Cedar Bluff1.1 miles29
Fern Glen1.2 miles29
Morschels1.2 miles29
Jedburgh1.7 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755863. 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.