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Frogtown, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63630. The Survey maps it on the Potosi quadrangle.

Frogtown within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Frogtown between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,004 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 September 1999Arson/incendiarism22 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128791-11043-09242015-1506
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128792-11043-09242015-1214
22 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 August 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation137652-11043-05072016-2152

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 112 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 112 workings within 5 miles of Frogtown: 90 past producers, 18 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc. 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
Pierce and Willoughby's DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
PotosiLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, IronPast Producer1763
Strawberry DiggingsLead, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Wolf QuarryDolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, IronPast Producer
Bee and Scott DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead and ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown -Ba and PbLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Bellefontaine MinesLeadPast Producer
Bugg ShaftLeadPast Producer
Gulf ProspectLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Old Mines2.5 miles19
Fountain Farm2.5 miles20
Happy Hollow2.7 miles18
Adelbert (historical)3.1 miles20
Mud Town3.1 miles18
Potosi3.2 miles21
White (historical)3.3 miles20
Mineral Point3.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736767. 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.