Piney Park, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63077. The Survey maps it on the Saint Clair quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS St. Clair quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS St. Clair quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS St. Clair quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS St. Clair quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Piney Park between 1992 and 2017, burning about 438 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 November 1995 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 November 1995 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 360 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Piney Park: 38 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Hollow | Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Vieman Mines | Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Clay Bank | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hibbard Bank | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Jans Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Meramec Aggregates Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Virginia Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ba/Pb | Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piney Park in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piney Park | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off a large tree. The tree pulled down a nearby power line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Saint Clair | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Plum Ford | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Saint Clair | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Mount Hope | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| George (historical) | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Huff | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Anaconda | 5.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 731633. 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.











