High Point, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65018. It stands on Colburn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Olean quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.
On record in High Point
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- High Point Historic Districtlisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1888 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Eldon quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Eldon quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Olean quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of High Point between 1993 and 2019, burning about 154 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 February 1997 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 December 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179738-02626-12252019-1626 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of High Point: 19 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Mine | Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hardin Mine | Bituminous, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| High Point Mine | Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Simpson Mine | Bituminous, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Enloe Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Simmers Barite Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corticelli | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Enon | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Latham | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| California | 10.0 miles | 19 | |
| McGirk | 10.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fortuna | 12.4 miles | 18 | |
| Clarksburg | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Kliever | 15.4 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on High Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5756170 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719534. 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.










