English Town, Missouri
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Arcadia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63663. It stands on East Branch Knob Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.
On record in English Town
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Churchlisted 1979 · 0.3 miles away
Fort Davidsonlisted 1970 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 25 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.
- 1937 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1968 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2000 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of English Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 May 1997 | Smoking | 223 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LAKE KILLARNEY |
| 9 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 8.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | 334 |
| 4 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of English Town: 28 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Granite, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheahan Granite Quarry | Tin, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1888 | |
| Shepherd Mountain | Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1815 | |
| Unknown - Lead - Iron | Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead Prospect | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Jones Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hastings Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Russell Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls Dimension | Limestone, Dimension | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | 0.1 miles | 25 | |
| Wilsonville | 1.7 miles | 25 | |
| Ironton | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Russellville | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Ghermanville | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Snow Hollow Lake | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Arcadia | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Middlebrook | 2.8 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736637. 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.
















