George, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63080. It stands on Little Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cyclone Hollow quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

George within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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.

1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1946 USGS Richwoods quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1948 USGS Richwoods quadrangle1:62500
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 Cyclone Hollow quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of George (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 723 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	6
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
5 April 1992	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
18 April 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 April 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
15 April 2002	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
15 April 2002	Arson/incendiarism	21 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 April 1995	Arson/incendiarism	36 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
12 April 1992	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 April 1995	Arson/incendiarism	32 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of George (historical): 25 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Barium-Barite, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Copper Hollow	Copper, Iron	Past Producer
Hibbard Bank	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Skinner Mine	Barium-Barite, Lead	Past Producer
South Virginia Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Vieman Mines	Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite	Past Producer
Bredell Mines	Copper	Past Producer
Dugan Hill Mine	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Generally Diggings	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Jans Mine	Lead, Barium-Barite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Huff	3.4 miles	19
Plum Ford	3.4 miles	21
Piney Park	3.9 miles	21
Hensley	4.1 miles	19
Monday	4.3 miles	27
Mount Hope	5.4 miles	20
Lake Saint Clair	5.9 miles	21
Anaconda	6.2 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755592. 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.