BlockRock Springs, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Louis City. It lies in ZIP code area 63110. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1933 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Clayton 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
In the county-history sources
163,964 words on this townshipJournal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861 names this settlement in its chapter on St. Louis City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Mr. STEWART. I am not surprised that the gentleman from Andrew should admit that he is willing to leave the whole proposition to the people. I very well recollect the part which the gentleman played in his section of the country, at St. Joseph and Savannah, after the Convention at Jefferson city. I remember how he was connected with the notorious Jeff. Thompson, and how he declared on one occasion, in his own Campbellite church, that I ought to be hung ; and how he endeavored to incense the citizens of Savannah against me, and prevent me from tearing down his ragged secession flag, and raising the Union flag in its stead.
Passage source: Journal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Rock Springs between 2006 and 2014, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 March 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 105 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 105 workings within 5 miles of Rock Springs: 101 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. 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 | ||
| Delore Barite Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Hypothetical Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Cadmium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Krummel and Buchner Mine | Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| St Louis Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Parker-Russell Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Tole and Thorp Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Coffin Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No 7 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No.6 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 0.4 miles | 20 | |
| Kings Oak | 0.5 miles | 20 | |
| Gratiot | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Tower Grove | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| The Hill | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Clayton-Tamm | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Forest Park Southeast | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hi-Pointe | 1.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 765918. 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.