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Federal, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in St. Francois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63601. It stands on Shaw Branch. The Survey maps it on the Flat River quadrangle.

Federal within St. Francois County

On record in Federal

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Federal between 1992 and 2018, burning about 138 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
27 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1992Natural3.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
22 March 1994Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 1994Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 March 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation138114-09401-03162016-1348
10 March 1992Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 February 1992Debris and open burning5.0 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 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Federal: 70 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zinc, Lead. 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 Terre MillDolomiteProducer
Bonne Terre Quarry and MillMagnesiteProducer
Flat RiverLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1890
Flat River Sub-DistrictLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1742
Unknown - Clay KaolinKaolinPast Producer
Central Mining Co. MineLead, Copper, ZincProducer1893
Hazel Run MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Central Lead Co. ShaftZinc, LeadPast Producer
Crawley MineZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working 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
East Flat River0.4 miles21
Esther0.7 miles19
Leadington0.7 miles19
Flat River0.8 miles21
Park Hills1.1 miles21
Saint Francois1.2 miles21
Rivermines1.5 miles21
Elvins1.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756038. 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.