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Terre du Lac, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63628. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Point quadrangle.

Terre du Lac within St. Francois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 20 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Terre du Lac between 1992 and 2020, burning about 376 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning19
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261411-09432-09092020-1925
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261410-09432-09092020-2144
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
4 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176587-11043-04092018-1440
9 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Terre du Lac: 33 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bonne TerreLead, Copper, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1821
Bonne Terre MillDolomiteProducer
Bonne Terre MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1864, 1868
Leadwood MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelProducer1898, 1903
Leadwood PlantStoneProducer
Mineral Point GroupLead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerBarite, Galena
Unknown - Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washington County Zinc WorksZincPast Producer
Amex MineBarium-BariteProducer
Apex/Mineral PointBarium-BariteProducer1866, 1955

Every working recorded in St. Francois 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
Settletown3.1 miles21
Frankclay3.5 miles21
Leadwood3.5 miles21
Hoffman Junction3.7 miles21
The Lead Belt3.7 miles21
Huntington3.7 miles21
Bonne Terre3.8 miles21
Daytown4.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738119. 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.