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Papin, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Plattin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63020. The Survey maps it on the Halifax quadrangle.

Papin within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Papin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 292 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation127970-05007-09052015-2018
28 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation139511-05007-09012016-1508
27 June 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation126110-05007-06272015-1909
15 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135516-05007-04052016-1504
4 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri 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 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Papin: 76 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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
Garatee MinesBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - Lead + BariteBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Corn Stalk DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Deep Digs MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Fletcher Washer MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Garraty MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Leon MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Papin in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2019HailPapin-no account filed
June 2009HailPapin-no account filed

Every storm 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
Knorpp1.5 miles17
Oakvale1.7 miles17
Valles Mines2.4 miles17
Flucom2.7 miles17
Olympian Village4.8 miles17
Summer Set5.3 miles21
Plattin5.4 miles17
Melzo6.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724001. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.