BlockFox Creek, Missouri
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chesterfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63038. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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
- 1940 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Fox Creek between 2001 and 2014, burning about 12 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 January 2014 | 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 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Fox Creek: 17 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Bank | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| King Land | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Etherington Clay Bank | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Renneberg Land | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Renneberg Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Babler State Park Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old Glenco Lime Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Six Flags Matls Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756074. 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.