Mount Hope, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63077. It stands on Pierce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lonedell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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
- 1947 USGS St. Clair quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS St. Clair quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lonedell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mount Hope between 1995 and 2017, burning about 411 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 November 1995 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 November 1995 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 360 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Mount Hope: 17 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Northernland Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Short Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Vieman Mines | Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Meramec Aggregates Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Virginia Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| B-Plant & Quarry | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Jeffries Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonedell | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Luebbering | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Piney Park | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hensley | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Huff | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Hemker | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Calvey (historical) | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| George (historical) | 5.4 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mount Hope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985132 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741084. 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.










