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Raintree Plantation, 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 63050. It stands on Galligher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belews Creek quadrangle.

Raintree Plantation within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

84 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Raintree Plantation between 2003 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178414-05008-09092018-1315
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 September 2013Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 2004Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 September 2005Smokingunder an acreMissouri 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 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Raintree Plantation: 14 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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
Mandel Ball-Clay PitClayPast Producer
Quinn MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Sand & Gravel Plant 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & Gravel Plant 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Des Peres QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Westlake South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Morse MineLeadPast Producer

Every working 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
Hillsboro2.6 miles20
Morse Mill3.0 miles22
Cottage Farm3.6 miles18
Belews Creek3.6 miles21
Ware4.2 miles18
Mount Freedom4.8 miles18
Granada Meadows4.9 miles21
Regina5.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806407. 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.