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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1915 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1964 USGS Halifax quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 127970-05007-09052015-2018 |
| 28 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 139511-05007-09012016-1508 |
| 27 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 126110-05007-06272015-1909 |
| 15 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135516-05007-04052016-1504 |
| 4 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 77 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garatee Mines | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Barite | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead + Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Corn Stalk Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Deep Digs Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Fletcher Washer Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Garraty Mines | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Leon Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Hail | Papin | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Papin | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knorpp | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Oakvale | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Valles Mines | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Flucom | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Olympian Village | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Summer Set | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Plattin | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Melzo | 6.6 miles | 21 |
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.








