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Port Hudson, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lyon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63056. The Survey maps it on the Gerald quadrangle.

Port Hudson within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

71 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Port Hudson between 1994 and 2020, burning about 265 acres in total. None 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation139311-03623-08222016-1728
20 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 July 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Port Hudson: 52 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron. 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
Goedeke TrackFire Clay (Refractory), IronPast Producer
Jess Laubinger S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hollman DiggingsIronPast Producer
Kleins Ore BankIronPast Producer
Leslie MineIronPast Producer
Temme PitIronPast Producer
Bingaman # 2Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Copleman PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past 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
Jaegers Shop2.5 miles21
Leslie2.7 miles19
Beaufort4.1 miles19
Greenstreet4.2 miles19
Kiel4.7 miles20
Noser Mill5.3 miles19
Gerald5.5 miles21
Lyon5.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741167. 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.