High Gate, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65559. The Survey maps it on the High Gate quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS Redbird quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Redbird quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS High Gate quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of High Gate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 583 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129838-06313-09132015-1204 |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of High Gate: 62 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Dewitt Terrill Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Donnan Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Garner #2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Newbound Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Tominia # 1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names High Gate in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | High Gate | - | A large tree was reported down blocking traffic on Highway H. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | High Gate | - | The Bourbeuse River flooded a section of Highway B in extreme northern Phelps County closing the road to traffic. |
| August 2003 | Hail | High Gate | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanes Prairie | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Broadway (historical) | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lois | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Safe | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Vichy | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lindell | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Paydown | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Paydown Ford (historical) | 8.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719519. 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.








