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Loughboro, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in St. Francois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63601. It stands on Ritter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flat River quadrangle.

Loughboro 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Loughboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 394 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
27 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2018Debris and open burning254 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176750-09401-04122018-1636
26 March 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1995Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 March 1995Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 March 2018Debris and open burning5.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176316-09401-03242018-1338
23 March 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Loughboro: 48 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Copper, 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
Flat RiverLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1890
Shaft Number TwoNickel, Lead, Copper, CobaltPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Central Mining Co. MineLead, Copper, ZincProducer1893
Central Lead Co. ShaftZinc, LeadPast Producer
Doe Run ShaftZinc, LeadPast Producer
Shaft Number Fourdoe Run Lead CoZinc, LeadPast Producer
Elvins Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
State Hospital QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Rock Springs2.5 miles19
Doe Run2.8 miles18
Hamilton Town3.3 miles18
Derby3.3 miles21
De Lassus3.6 miles19
West Elvins3.8 miles21
Elvins4.1 miles21
Mineral City4.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756330. 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.