Mine La Motte, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mine La Motte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It stands on Sweetwater Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fredericktown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 17 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.
- 1939 USGS Fredericktown quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Fredericktown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Fredericktown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fredericktown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Mine La Motte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177322-06205-07202018-1628 |
| 18 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 138072-06205-06172016-1758 |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 124053-06205-05042015-1606 |
| 11 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177361-09435-05112018-1733 |
| 9 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200543-06205-04092020-1308 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Mine La Motte: 67 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Mine | Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Fox Mine | Cobalt, Lead, Copper, Nickel | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Fredericktown Deposits | Lead, Nickel, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt | Past Producer | REPLACEMENT, DISSEMINATED SULFIDES. | |
| Hickory Nut No. 1 , 2 , 3 | Lead, Cobalt, Copper | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Madison Mine | Lead, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Iron, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Madison Mine | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1847, 1944 | |
| Manganese Deposits | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Mine La Motte | Lead, Silver, Copper, Cobalt, Zinc, Nickel | Past Producer | 1720 | |
| Mine La Motte #1 | Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Mine La Motte Group | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Cobalt, Nickel | Past Producer | 1720, 1827 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mine La Motte in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2009: 2 hail, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Mine La Motte | - | A tornado briefly touched down and traveled to the east. Several trees were blown over by the tornado before it lifted and dissipated. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Mine La Motte | - | The third tornado from the southeast Missouri supercell formed just southwest of Mine La Motte. The tornado traveled through the the west and north sections of the town producing F1 damage. A mobile home was destroyed, a barn was damaged, a metal outbuilding was destroyed, a barn damaged and a number of trees were either split or uprooted. The tornado continued northeast causing tree damage before crossing into extreme southeast St. Francois County near Little Peg Knob Mountain. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mine La Motte | - | Storm spotters reported nickel size hail. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Mine La Motte | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junction City | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Catherine Place | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Fredericktown | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cobalt Village | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Millcreek | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Higdon | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Hahns Mill | 8.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751110. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.














