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Plattin, 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 63028. It stands on Flucom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Festus quadrangle.

Plattin 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

86 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Plattin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 were 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Smoking2

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
24 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 July 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 June 2006Naturalunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
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
9 April 2004Smoking1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Plattin: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Yankee DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer
Arrowhead QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rush Tower Mine & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
How's MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Mccormick MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Mead's MinesLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plattin in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPlattin-A large tree was uprooted in Festus. The roots snapped just below the surface. A 1 foot diameter tree limb fell in a yard near Olympian Village.
June 2018HailPlattin-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPlattin-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
Olympian Village2.5 miles17
Flucom2.6 miles17
Arbor Place2.7 miles19
Oakvale3.7 miles17
Selma3.9 miles19
Knorpp4.0 miles17
Papin5.4 miles17
Danby5.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 724470. 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.