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Sprott, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63670. The Survey maps it on the Sprott quadrangle.

Sprott within Ste. Genevieve County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 18 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sprott between 1992 and 2019, burning about 93 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
14 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179312-09435-09142019-1415
14 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177364-09435-07142018-1644
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176803-09435-05012018-1013
8 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178126-09533-04082018-1400
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179311-09435-04032019-1930
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176798-09435-04112018-1145
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178127-09533-04112018-2125
8 March 1992Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sprott: 8 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Feldspar, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mine Number Ninedoe Run Lead CoLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Wulfords PitClayPast Producer
Unknown - GoldGoldProspect
Unknown - GoldGoldProspect
Byington QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dobschutz DiggingsFeldsparPast Producer
Unknown - FeldsparFeldsparPast Producer
Unknown - FeldsparFeldsparProspect
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Storms near this place

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sprott in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSprott-A line of severe storms moved across Ste. Genevieve County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down countywide, especially between Farmington and Ste. Genevieve.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindSprott-Thunderstorm winds blew over three power poles near the Ste. Genevieve/St. Francois county line, just east of Farmington.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSprott-Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines countywide, as well as numerous large tree limbs.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSprott-Several large tree limbs and a couple of trees were blown down at the intersection of Highways D and O in far western Ste. Genevieve County.
April 2026HailSprott-no account filed
April 2026HailSprott-no account filed
May 2024HailSprott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ste. Genevieve 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
Mill2.0 miles19
Jonca2.4 miles18
Millers3.1 miles18
Chestnut Ridge4.6 miles18
Pickel5.2 miles18
Weingarten6.3 miles18
Rocky Ridge Ranch6.6 miles18
Lawrenceton7.1 miles19

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 SprottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16900452The 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 726967. 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.