BlockJeff Vander Lou, Missouri
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It lies in ZIP code area 63106. The Survey maps it on the Granite City quadrangle.
On record in Jeff Vander Lou
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 within a mile 12 of 39 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
ABC Auto Sales and Investment Company Buildinglisted 2012 · 0.3 miles away
Cook Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Southlisted 2008 · 0.4 miles away
Welfare Finance Company Buildinglisted 2016 · 0.6 miles away
St. Louis Theatrelisted 2001 · 0.7 miles away
Saint Matthew's Parish Complexlisted 1986 · 0.7 miles away
Jefferson-Cass Health Centerlisted 2018 · 0.7 miles away
St. Augustine`s Roman Catholic Churchlisted 1986 · 0.8 miles away
Royal Tire Service Inc. Buildinglisted 2007 · 0.8 miles away
Central States Life Insurance Company Buildinglisted 2012 · 0.8 miles away
Frederick Newton Judson Houselisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
Zebediah F. Mary H. Wetzell Houselisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
Pendennis Club Apartment Buildinglisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
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
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Jeff Vander Lou in 2006, burning about 1 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 |
| 9 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 79 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Jeff Vander Lou: 72 past producers, 5 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. 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 | ||
| Delore Barite Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Hypothetical Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Cadmium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Krummel and Buchner Mine | Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Madison Plant | Thorium | Producer | ||
| Pfizer Inc. Mineral Pigments | Iron | Producer | ||
| St Louis Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Parker-Russell Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Tole and Thorp Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsdale | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Goodfellow Terrace | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Lawn | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Uplands Park | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Wellston | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Velda Village Hills | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| University City | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Velda Village | 4.6 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569503 | 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 2469186. 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.