BlockQuarry Town, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ste. Genevieve Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63670. It stands on Dodge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sainte Genevieve quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 19 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.
- 1907 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Weingarten quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ste. Genevieve quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Ste Genevieve quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Quarry Town between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230754-09540-09302020-1250 |
| 14 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179040-09540-07142019-0002 |
| 11 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230661-09540-05112020-1925 |
| 1 December 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251196-09540-12012020-1440 |
| 19 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176097-80001-01192018-1251 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Quarry Town: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naeger Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Sandstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| New Bourbon | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Jude Acres | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Sainte Genevieve | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Mary | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Ozora | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Mosher | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Thomure | 5.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738122. 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.