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Mount Freedom, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63050. The Survey maps it on the Fletcher quadrangle.

Mount Freedom within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

70 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Mount Freedom between 2003 and 2018, burning about 220 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178414-05008-09092018-1315
24 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 2004Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128390-05007-09122015-1411
30 August 2013Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Mount Freedom: 27 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gray's DiggingsZinc, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Mammoth MineBarium-Barite, Clay, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Barite & LeadLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Darby DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Quinn MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Shady DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Frumet MinesLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Ware1.6 miles18
Frumet3.4 miles18
Cottage Farm3.4 miles18
Briarwood Estates4.2 miles20
Raintree Plantation4.8 miles21
Fletcher4.9 miles18
Hillsboro5.2 miles20
Morse Mill5.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738339. 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.