Rich Fountain, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65051. It stands on Buchler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westphalia East quadrangle.
On record in Rich Fountain
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parsonagelisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS Linn quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Linn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Linn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Westphalia East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Rich Fountain between 1992 and 2019, burning about 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178465-07607-03222019-1500 |
| 7 February 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Rich Fountain: 24 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackets Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Marvin Frederick Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Adelhard #1 Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Limberg Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rich Fountain in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2011: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Fountain | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs and shredded a boat canopy. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Fountain | - | Several trees were blown down across Highway U between Rich Fountain and Linn. |
| October 2001 | Hail | Rich Fountain | - | A cooperative weather observer reported 1 inch hail near Rich Fountain. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Rich Fountain | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rich Fountain | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rich Fountain | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Rich Fountain | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Fountain | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Fountain | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daggetts Ford (historical) | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Judge | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Freeburg | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Linn | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Koenig | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Gascondy | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Westphalia | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Potts | 7.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725251. 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.









