Near North Riverfront, Missouri
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in St. Louis City. It lies in ZIP code area 63147. It lies near Big Mound (historical). The Survey maps it on the Granite City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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.
- 1888 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
163,964 words on this townshipJournal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861; Saint Louis : the Future Great City of the World : with Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men and Women of St. Louis and Missouri, published 1876; Child's Geography and History of St. Louis City, published 1886; Road and Hand-book of the Missouri Division, Including Road-maps of the Riding Districts of St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Sedalia, Springfield, Warrensburg, Etc, published 1895 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on St. Louis City covers the township.
Read the chapter on St. Louis City - 163,964 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Near North Riverfront between 2006 and 2011, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 79TH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Near North Riverfront: 39 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Sauget Zinc Refinery | Zinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1 | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hypothetical Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Cadmium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Madison Plant | Thorium | Producer | ||
| Pfizer Inc. Mineral Pigments | Iron | Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No 3 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No 4 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Fireclay No 2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect Hill Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Bambrick-Bates Const. Co Quarry 4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park | 0.7 miles | 28 | |
| Old North Saint Louis | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| Saint Louis Place | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| College Hill | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Carr Square | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| Columbus Square | 1.6 miles | 28 | |
| Lacledes Landing | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Greater Ville | 2.2 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2469200. 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.












