BlockEureka, Missouri
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63775. The Survey maps it on the Crosstown quadrangle. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 26 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.
- 1918 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Crosstown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Crosstown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Crosstown quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Eureka: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponder Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ponder Shaft | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Shaft #2 | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Church | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Longtown | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Farrar | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Friedenberg | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Uniontown | 4.6 miles | 24 | |
| Apple Creek | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Brazeau | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Crosstown | 4.7 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Eureka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15217044 | The 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 736426. 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.
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.