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Meramec Springs, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65559. It lies near Brown Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Maramec Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Meramec Springs within Phelps County

On record in Meramec Springs

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 22 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Meramec Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 293 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230757-08110-09302020-1720
29 July 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation144732-02811-07292016-1151
28 May 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 May 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 1993Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Meramec Springs (historical): 27 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Powell ProspectSulfur-PyritePast Producer
Rosati StoneFlagstoneProducer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dawson BankClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
C O Parry ProspectIronProspect
Cooper MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Phelps 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
Boys Town of Missouri3.3 miles22
Schundler4.8 miles18
Rosati4.9 miles18
De Camp (historical)5.0 miles22
Saint James5.1 miles22
Flag Spring6.0 miles18
Dean Ford6.1 miles23
Austria (historical)7.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740041. 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.