BlockProspect Hill, Missouri
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in St. Ferdinand Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63137. The Survey maps it on the Granite City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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.
- 1888 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Prospect Hill in 2006, burning under an acre 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Prospect Hill: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1 | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect Hill Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Cavanaugh Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heman Construction Co Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hill-O'Mera Construction Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mound City Construction Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perkinson Brothers Quarry Number 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perkinson Brothers Quarry Number 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stifel Quarry Number Two | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefontaine Neighbors | 0.4 miles | 28 | |
| Riverview | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| Moline Acres | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Hathaway Meadows | 1.6 miles | 28 | |
| Glasgow Village | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Castle Point | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Jennings | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Larimore | 2.6 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756560. 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.