Spring Garden, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65032. The Survey maps it on the Enon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1888 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Enon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Spring Garden between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,608 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 April 2018 | Natural | 760 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176513-80001-04152018-1530 |
| 8 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 727 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165988-80001-03072018-1200 |
| 7 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165987-80001-03072018-1200 |
| 7 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165976-80001-03072018-1200 |
| 7 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 38 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165986-80001-03072018-1200 |
| 30 March 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 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 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Spring Garden: 48 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bixby Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Producer | ||
| Olean Lead Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Wrights Prospect | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Blackburns Diggings | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Frank R. Milliken Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Producer | ||
| Indiana Creek Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Sweetwater Mine | Zinc, Lead | Producer | ||
| Central Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hoff Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Garden in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2026: 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Spring Garden | $625,000 | Tennis ball sized hail was reported. multiple homes, out buildings, vehicles and businesses received damage. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Spring Garden | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Spring Garden | - | Report of quarter size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etterville | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Pleasant Mount | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Olean | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Marys Home | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Hoecker | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Eldon | 8.8 miles | 23 | |
| Aurora Springs | 9.6 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Spring Garden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27986001 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 726917. 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.










