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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.

Fredericksburg within Gasconade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

1 since 2018

Regional 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/undetermined1

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
4 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177030-03733-03042018-1535

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gasconade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - FeIronPast Producer
Ruprecht Quarry CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arthur Stephen PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Bergel Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Oscheskey PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Roberts - Apel PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Saur PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gasconade 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
Pershing2.5 miles21
Feigler Ferry3.4 miles21
Stolpe3.5 miles21
Morrison4.5 miles22
Brown Shanty5.3 miles21
Gasconade6.1 miles21
Krueger Ford7.3 miles21
Bay8.1 miles21

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.