BlockEureka, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Three Creeks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65039. It stands on Grider Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hartsburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1969 USGS Hartsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Hartsburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Eureka (historical) in 2018, burning about 2 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177840-06843-04192018-1621 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Eureka (historical): 18 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner-Mcbaine Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dunlap Diggings | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Haffner Quarries # 1 & 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hartsburg Quarry - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marion Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mineral Wool Investment Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hartsburg | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Easley | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Oldham | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Nashville (historical) | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sapp | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Stonesport (historical) | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Ashland | 6.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 759367. 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.