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East Bonne Terre, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63628. It stands on Pike Run. The Survey maps it on the Bonne Terre quadrangle.

East Bonne Terre within St. Francois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of East Bonne Terre between 1992 and 2013, burning about 76 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
28 April 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1992Natural3.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
28 February 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 February 1995Debris and open burning60 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 December 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of East Bonne Terre: 48 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Bonne TerreLead, Copper, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1821
Bonne Terre MillDolomiteProducer
Bonne Terre MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1864, 1868
Bonne Terre Quarry and MillMagnesiteProducer
Flat River Sub-DistrictLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1742
Unknown - Clay KaolinKaolinPast Producer
Desloge MinesLead, CopperProducer1801
Hazel Run MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Jordans Copper DiggingsCopperPast Producer
Taylors Shaft #2Lead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Bonne Terre in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEast Bonne Terre$10,000Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage from Bonne Terre to just east of Leadington. Numerous tree limbs were blown down. Also, several trees were blown down including a couple onto Highway D just east of Leadington.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Bonne Terre-Spotter reported trees down along Highway K and leaves stripped from standing trees. Home damage was also reported nearby on Stormy Lane.
July 2010Flash FloodEast Bonne Terre-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including low water crossing throughout the county. Also, about 8 mobile homes in Bannister City on Highway 8 were evacuated after becoming surrounded by flood waters.
March 2008HailEast Bonne Terre-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Francois 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
Bonne Terre1.5 miles21
The Lead Belt1.5 miles21
Hoffman Junction1.7 miles21
Highley Heights2.8 miles21
Cantwell3.5 miles21
Desloge3.5 miles21
Hazel Run3.7 miles18
Settletown4.2 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 Q122593951The 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 756008. 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.