Fredericksburg, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65061. It stands on Richland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fredericksburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Chamois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Morrison 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
- 1974 USGS Fredericksburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fredericksburg in 2018, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177030-03733-03042018-1535 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Fredericksburg: 31 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 - Fe | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ruprecht Quarry Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arthur Stephen Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Bergel Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Oscheskey Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Roberts - Apel Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Saur Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pershing | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Feigler Ferry | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Stolpe | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Morrison | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Brown Shanty | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Gasconade | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Krueger Ford | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bay | 8.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729492. 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.











