Sledd, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Calumet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63344. It stands on Killdergen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle.

Sledd within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1934 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:48000
1942 USGS Elsberry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sledd between 1992 and 2019, burning about 22 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	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Smoking	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
10 June 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
24 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
12 March 1997	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 March 1992	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
12 December 2019	Smoking	8.3 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	179679-08213-12122019-1245
27 January 2002	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sledd: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Roberts Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pike 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Paynesville	2.2 miles	17
Annada	3.9 miles	16
Starkdale (historical)	4.0 miles	16
Kissenger	5.4 miles	16
Eolia	6.2 miles	16
Calumet	9.2 miles	18
Clarksville	9.6 miles	17
Edgewood	10.1 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741267. 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.