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Petersville, Missouri

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63073. It stands on Fiddle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle.

Petersville within Franklin County

On record in Petersville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Petersville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Smoking1

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
29 July 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation241106-09222-06072020-2042
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation241105-09222-04082020-1900
3 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135284-09222-04032016-2229
1 April 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 March 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Petersville: 14 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Brown BankClayPast Producer
Etherington Clay BankFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Babler State Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Matson QsuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Meyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Six Flags Matls QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tavern Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Saint Albans1.6 miles22
Oetters3.3 miles22
Labadie6.8 miles22
Pacific7.3 miles23
Gray Summit7.7 miles19
Boles8.5 miles21
Prater9.5 miles19
The Diamonds9.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741149. 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.