Little Berger, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Roark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65041. The Survey maps it on the Swiss quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Hermann quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Hermann quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Hermann quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Hermann quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Swiss quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Little Berger between 2001 and 2018, burning about 65 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177160-03733-06072018-1138 |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177026-03733-04122018-1654 |
| 7 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177028-03733-03042018-1714 |
| 27 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Little Berger: 39 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Lead - Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Barber Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| H. Nufner | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tartz | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Boesch Pit Et.Al. | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Ernie- Robert Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Jones | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Swiss | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hermann | 6.2 miles | 22 | |
| Gasconade | 9.4 miles | 21 | |
| Stolpe | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| Brown Shanty | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| Drake | 11.2 miles | 20 | |
| Wiffenberg | 11.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740570. 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.










