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Charmwood, Missouri

21 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 63079. It lies near Twin Springs Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Stanton quadrangle.

Charmwood within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Charmwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 July 2017Debris and open burning35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177965-03627-07202018-2026
11 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177964-03627-06232018-1434
10 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Charmwood: 53 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Bredell MinesCopperPast Producer
Hamilton ProspectBarium-Barite, IronPast Producer
Shotwell MinesLead, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Tamm MineZinc, Lead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BaBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - Ba/PbLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Copper HollowCopper, IronPast Producer
Copper Hollow MineIron, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Stanton0.5 miles21
Twin Springs1.4 miles21
Benson Tourist City2.4 miles21
Miramiguoa Park3.2 miles27
Anaconda3.4 miles21
Oak Grove Village4.6 miles20
Caseyville5.2 miles27
Plum Ford5.4 miles21

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 Q122573287The 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 2748257. 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.