Frumet, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63020. It stands on Greys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fletcher quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Fletcher quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Fletcher quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1981 USGS Fletcher quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Frumet between 1992 and 2018, burning about 459 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 123650-05007-05022015-1615 |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176724-05007-04292018-1001 |
| 2 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135192-05007-04022016-1120 |
| 9 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 119800-05007-03092015-1055 |
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 42 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Frumet: 33 past producers, 8 producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ditch Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Gray's Diggings | Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Mine | Barium-Barite, Clay, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite & Lead | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Darby Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Ditch Lead Mines | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Quinn Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Shady Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead + Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frumet in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Hail | Frumet | - | A wide swath of large hail, up to golfball size, fell across portions of Jefferson County from Fletcher north northeast to just north of Hillsboro and just south of Arnold. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Freedom | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ware | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cottage Farm | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Briarwood Estates | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Vineland | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| De Soto | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Raintree Plantation | 8.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 718270. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










