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Needmore, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63627. The Survey maps it on the Bloomsdale quadrangle. It stands 784 feet above sea level.

Needmore within Ste. Genevieve County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Needmore between 1994 and 2020, burning about 84 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
12 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000024
3 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 April 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
20 April 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 March 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 March 1995Arson/incendiarism30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Needmore: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Robbin's Lead MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Carrans QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Udding QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Udding QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ste. Genevieve 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
Brickeys1.7 miles19
Valley View2.4 miles18
Clement4.0 miles19
Kinsey4.3 miles18
Bloomsdale4.4 miles19
Lawrenceton8.2 miles19
Goose Creek Lake8.8 miles19
Lake Forest Estates8.9 miles18

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 NeedmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27985176The 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 723142. 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.