Cooper Hill, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65014. It stands on Third Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cooper Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1934 USGS Bland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Bland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Cooper Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Cooper Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 67 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200556-03734-03062020-1425 |
| 6 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Cooper Hill: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Osage County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heck - Leesee Mine - Lot 2 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Fe | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cooper Hill in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2026: 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Cooper Hill | - | A HAM radio operator reported quarter sized hail at Cooper Hill. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Cooper Hill | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Highway U just of Linn and County Road 731 near Cooper Hill. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cooper Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feuersville (historical) | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Freedom | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ryors | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Ford (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Judge | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Byron | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hope | 7.0 miles | 21 | |
| Potts | 7.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716281. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








