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Knorpp, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Plattin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63020. The Survey maps it on the Halifax quadrangle.

Knorpp within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Knorpp between 2004 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation127970-05007-09052015-2018
28 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation139511-05007-09012016-1508
27 June 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation126110-05007-06272015-1909
15 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135516-05007-04052016-1504
4 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Knorpp: 22 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arrowhead QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Corn Stalk DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Mccormack ShaftLead, ZincPast Producer
Mccormick MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Miller MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Rocky Digs MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Yankee DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oakvale0.3 miles17
Flucom1.4 miles17
Papin1.5 miles17
Olympian Village3.3 miles17
Valles Mines3.8 miles17
Plattin4.0 miles17
Summer Set5.5 miles21
De Soto6.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740994. 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.