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Lake Timberline, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Big River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63628. The Survey maps it on the Bonne Terre quadrangle.

Lake Timberline within St. Francois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Lake Timberline between 1993 and 2018, burning about 225 acres 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
2 July 2014Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 April 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176571-05007-04122018-2045
12 April 2014Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135129-05007-04012016-1304
9 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation134013-05007-03072016-1600

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Lake Timberline: 92 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Unknown - Lead + BariteBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Garatee MinesBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tarpley MinesBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brown MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Campbell MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Deep Digs MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Leon MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Taylors Shaft #2Lead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francois 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
Silver Springs1.4 miles21
Halifax3.4 miles17
Settletown4.1 miles21
Blackwell4.9 miles21
The Lead Belt5.2 miles21
Bonne Terre5.3 miles21
East Bonne Terre5.6 miles21
Hazel Run5.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806426. 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.