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Springtown, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Breton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63660. The Survey maps it on the Potosi quadrangle.

Springtown within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Springtown between 1992 and 2018, burning about 837 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined78
Debris and open burning50
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128791-11043-09242015-1506
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128792-11043-09242015-1214
22 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 August 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Springtown: 68 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Jordans Copper DiggingsCopperPast Producer
Pierce and Willoughby's DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
PotosiLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, IronPast Producer1763
Strawberry DiggingsLead, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - Lead and ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Washington County Zinc WorksZincPast Producer
Wolf QuarryDolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, IronPast Producer
Unknown - Lead and ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown -Ba and PbLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springtown in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 11 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Springtown$50,000A brief tornado touched down just west of Bates Creek Camp near Potosi during the afternoon. Here, the tornado caused building and tree damage. Most notably it destroyed the garage of a home in Bates Creek Camp. The tornado then moved northeast into southern Potosi, causing tree damage along the way. It then lifted near Washington County Memorial Hospital where it caused minor tree damage. The tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 4.24 miles and a maximum path width of 150 yards.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSpringtown-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs just south of Potosi.
September 2012HailSpringtown-Large hail fell over Potosi. Hail up to half dollar size was reported just northeast of Potosi at the intersection of Highway 21 and Highway E.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSpringtown-Several trees were blown down south of Potosi.
February 2008Flash FloodSpringtown-Two to four inches of rain fell over portions of Washington county causing flash flooding. Old Mines Creek rose quickly and flooded a portion of Highway 21 for a brief time. Also, numerous low water crossings, ditches and creeks in the Potosi area were out of their banks for a time.
May 2024HailSpringtown-no account filed
March 2019HailSpringtown-no account filed
April 2018HailSpringtown-no account filed
September 2012HailSpringtown-no account filed
June 2011HailSpringtown-no account filed
May 2011HailSpringtown-no account filed
May 2011HailSpringtown-no account filed
May 2009HailSpringtown-no account filed
April 2009HailSpringtown-no account filed
March 2008HailSpringtown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Potosi1.7 miles21
Mineral Point2.4 miles20
Summit2.9 miles20
Bates Creek Camp3.4 miles21
Frogtown3.9 miles21
Hopewell3.9 miles20
Adelbert (historical)4.2 miles20
Fountain Farm4.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752328. 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.