BlockFountains at Bear Creek, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wentzville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63385. It stands on Fountains Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foristell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Foristell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Foristell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Fountains at Bear Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 137292-10952-05302016-1646 |
| 28 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 137052-10952-05282016-1049 |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190142-10952-03062020-1408 |
| 31 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 February 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261391-09221-11192020-1433 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Fountains at Bear Creek: 20 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Camp Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fred Bolleger Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Henry Krueger Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonemoor | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Huntsdale | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Woodlands at Bear Creek | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Peine Woods | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Great Oaks | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Crystal Creek | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Foristell | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Cimarron | 2.6 miles | 24 |
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 Q122594837 | 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 2741769. 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.