Cedar Bluff, 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 lies near Tyson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle.

Cedar Bluff 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.

1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1931 USGS Manchester SE quadrangle1:24000
1945 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

20 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Bluff between 2003 and 2014, burning about 42 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 burning	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
22 June 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
6 May 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 April 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 April 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
8 March 2003	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
30 March 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not 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 Cedar Bluff: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
King Land	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown - Clay	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bussen Antire Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Old Glenco Lime Company Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tyson	0.6 miles	29
Jedburgh	0.6 miles	29
Minke	0.6 miles	29
Sherman	1.1 miles	29
Castlewood	1.1 miles	29
Mountain Ridge	1.7 miles	29
Lincoln Beach	1.7 miles	29
Morschels	1.9 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755868. 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.