House Springs, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in High Ridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63051. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the House Springs quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
On record in House Springs
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
Valentine Leight General Storelisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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
- 1931 USGS Pacific NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS House Springs quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of House Springs between 2003 and 2019, burning about 37 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of House Springs: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Springs Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| House Springs Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names House Springs in 2 storm reports in 1995: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotsdale | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Rockford Beach | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Weber Hill | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Byrnes Mill | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Echo Lake Ranch | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Local | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hoene Spring | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Byrnesville | 3.9 miles | 23 |
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 House Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471563 | 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 719892. 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.









