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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Pilot Grove North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,894 words on this townshipA 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 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190051-02732-08292019-1520 |
| 15 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190050-02732-08152019-2020 |
| 13 July 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190048-02732-07132019-1510 |
| 31 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178945-02732-05312019-1805 |
| 31 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190047-02732-05312019-1800 |
| 17 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190046-02732-05172019-1305 |
| 17 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178941-02732-05172019-1310 |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Wyant Trigg + Bryan Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Blackwater Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamine | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pilot Grove | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Corioli (historical) | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Billingsville | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Hoffman | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Blackwater | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Harriston | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bellair | 6.9 miles | 18 |
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 Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984644 | The 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.







