Howell, Missouri

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cottleville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63304. The Survey maps it on the Chesterfield quadrangle.

Howell within St. Charles County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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.

1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1932 USGS Manchester NE quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Chesterfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Chesterfield quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Chesterfield quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1994 USGS Chesterfield quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

48 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Howell between 2006 and 2008, burning about 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	29
Arson/incendiarism	6
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Debris and open burning	2

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 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
4 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
20 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
1 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
10 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
6 July 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
5 July 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
3 July 2007	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:

Every fire recorded in St. Charles County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Howell: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Thomas Mine #2	Clay	Past Producer
Thompson and Gray Company Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Weldon Springs Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Charles 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
Harvester	1.6 miles	26
Cottleville	2.3 miles	25
Jacobs	2.6 miles	26
All Saints Village	2.9 miles	29
Saint Peters	4.0 miles	29
Weldon	4.6 miles	25
Weldon Spring	4.6 miles	25
Weldon Spring Heights	4.8 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756196. 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.