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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Fletcher quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Fletcher quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fletcher quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 2003Regional 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/undetermined | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178414-05008-09092018-1315 |
| 24 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 128390-05007-09122015-1411 |
| 30 August 2013 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray's Diggings | Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Mine | Barium-Barite, Clay, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite & Lead | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Darby Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Quinn Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Shady Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Frumet Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ware | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Frumet | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Cottage Farm | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Briarwood Estates | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Raintree Plantation | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Fletcher | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hillsboro | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Morse Mill | 5.8 miles | 22 |
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.










