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Chouteau Springs, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Pilot Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65276. It stands on Chouteau Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pilot Grove North quadrangle.

Chouteau Springs within Cooper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

In the county-history sources

1,894 words on this township

A History of Cooper County, Missouri, from the First Visit by White Men in February, 1804, to the Fifth Day of July, 1876, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Pilot Grove Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Pilot Grove Township - 1,894 words.

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Chouteau Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
29 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190051-02732-08292019-1520
15 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190050-02732-08152019-2020
13 July 2019Fireworksunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190048-02732-07132019-1510
31 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178945-02732-05312019-1805
31 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190047-02732-05312019-1800
17 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190046-02732-05172019-1305
17 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178941-02732-05172019-1310
9 April 2001Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cooper County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Chouteau Springs: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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
Scott MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Lead ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Wyant Trigg + Bryan DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Blackwater QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cooper 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
Lamine1.8 miles18
Pilot Grove3.6 miles18
Corioli (historical)5.2 miles17
Billingsville5.5 miles18
Hoffman6.2 miles18
Blackwater6.4 miles17
Harriston6.9 miles18
Bellair6.9 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on Chouteau SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27984644The 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 740740. 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.