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Mineral City, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Pendleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63637. It lies near Stono Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Iron Mountain Lake quadrangle.

Mineral City within St. Francois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Mineral City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 483 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
13 April 1992Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 2018Debris and open burning254 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176750-09401-04122018-1636
7 March 2016Debris and open burning70 acresMissouri Department of Conservation138116-09401-03072016-1443
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Mineral City: 20 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Lead. 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
Greasy MineIronPast ProducerVein
Shaft Number Fourdoe Run Lead CoZinc, LeadPast Producer
Shaft Number TwoNickel, Lead, Copper, CobaltPast Producer
Doe RunLeadProducer1885
Mine Number 25doe Run Lead CoLeadPast Producer
Shaft Number ElevenLeadPast Producer
Shaft Number Twodoe Run Lead CoLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Alexander Hansen 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
Doe Run2.6 miles18
Hamilton Town3.2 miles18
Rock Springs3.8 miles19
Loughboro4.3 miles21
Iron Mountain Lake5.0 miles25
De Lassus5.3 miles19
Iron Mountain5.8 miles24
Bismarck6.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756396. 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.