Starkdale, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Calumet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63330. It stands on Guinns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Annada quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Starkdale within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1930 USGS Nebo quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Nebo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1934 USGS Nebo quadrangle1:48000
1942 USGS Nebo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Annada quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Annada quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Starkdale (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 153 acres in total. 1 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	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	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
9 April 2003	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge	LEVEE (GUYTON)
30 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge	NATURE TRAIL WILDFIRE
12 March 2017	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	BRIAN JOHNSON FIRE
12 March 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge	SWLVE
10 March 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge	BYANTS CREEK
1 March 1992	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 November 2000	Natural	40 acres	Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge	ABC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Starkdale (historical): 1 past producer. 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
	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
Annada	0.6 miles	16
Sledd	4.0 miles	13
Kissenger	4.0 miles	16
Paynesville	4.3 miles	17
Clarksville	9.2 miles	17
Eolia	10.0 miles	16
Roblee	10.8 miles	17
Calumet	11.3 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740281. 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.