BlockCopper Mine, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ste. Genevieve Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63670. It stands on Hogg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weingarten quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 18 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.
- 1907 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Copper Mine between 2014 and 2020, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230754-09540-09302020-1250 |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230661-09540-05112020-1925 |
| 24 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178124-09533-03242018-1600 |
| 25 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178095-09533-01252018-1135 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Copper Mine: 17 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkley Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Peter Naeger Prospect | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sainte Genevieve | Copper, Silver, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | 1863, 1876, 1916 | |
| Unknown - Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Stone Misc Dim | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Ste. Genevieve Mines (Cornwall, Chicago, Swansea, Crow, Herzog) | Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1863, 1876 | |
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Inkley Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Offenburg | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| River aux Vases | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Zell | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Marlo | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Weingarten | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Forest Estates | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Rocky Ridge Ranch | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Mosher | 5.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716302. 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.