Summer Set, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Valle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63020. It lies near Dripping Springs Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Vineland quadrangle. 1,127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS De Soto SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS De Soto SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Vineland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Vineland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Summer Set between 1995 and 2018, burning about 163 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 127970-05007-09052015-2018 |
| 28 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 128390-05007-09122015-1411 |
| 1 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 139511-05007-09012016-1508 |
| 26 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 July 2014 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135516-05007-04052016-1504 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Summer Set: 34 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron, Lead, Zinc. 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 - Lead + Barite | Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Shale & Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Fletcher Washer Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Garatee Mines | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Garraty Mines | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Skewe's & Valle's Copper Mines | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Tarpley Mines | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Frech Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vineland | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| De Soto | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Briarwood Estates | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Valles Mines | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Papin | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Knorpp | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Melzo | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Oakvale | 5.6 miles | 17 |
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 Summer Set | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q107260638 | 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 2806409. 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.











