BlockHyde Park, Missouri
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in St. Louis City. It lies in ZIP code area 63107. The Survey maps it on the Granite City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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 St. Louis quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
163,964 words on this townshipJournal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861 names this settlement in its chapter on St. Louis City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
AND WHEREAS it is manifest, that, by reason of the disturbed condition of the State, it will be impossible at the time so appointed to elicit a fair expression of the popular will : Therefore, on the 30th day of July, A. D. 1861,) as provides for the election of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and Members of the General Assembly, on the first Monday of November, A. D. 1861," and so much of an ordinance entitled "An ordinance for submitting the action of this Convention to a vote of the people of Missouri, (adopted on the same day,) as provides for submitting the action of this Convention to a vote of the people on the first Monday of November, A. D. 1861," be and the same are hereby so modified, that said elections shall not be held on the day therein named, but instead thereof shall be held on the first Monday of August, A. D. 1862.
Passage source: Journal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861.
Nineteenth. Colonels of regiments, when in actual command, shall nominate to the Governor for commission, one adjutant with the rank of captain ; and the commanderin-chief may detail such other staff officers for regimental duty as the service requires. The colonel of each regiment shall select from his command well instructed and good soldiers to fill the posts of sergeant major, quartermaster sergeant, commissary sergeant and color sergeants, who will constitute the non-commissioned staff of the regiment, and be appointed by warrant given under the hand of the colonel.
Passage source: Journal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hyde Park between 2006 and 2011, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 79TH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Hyde Park: 42 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Sauget Zinc Refinery | Zinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1 | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hypothetical Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Cadmium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Madison Plant | Thorium | Producer | ||
| Pfizer Inc. Mineral Pigments | Iron | Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No 4 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect Hill Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No 3 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Fireclay No 2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Lagarce Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near North Riverfront | 0.7 miles | 28 | |
| Saint Louis Place | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| College Hill | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| Old North Saint Louis | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Greater Ville | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| O'Fallon | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| Carr Square | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| The Ville | 1.9 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2469185. 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.