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Valley Forge, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in St. Francois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63640. It stands on Taylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sprott quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Valley Forge within St. Francois 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Valley Forge (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 235 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179045-09435-09052019-1445
14 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179312-09435-09142019-1415
26 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220644-09435-08262020-1405
15 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179308-09435-08152019-1535
14 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177364-09435-07142018-1644
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177363-09435-07122018-1245
25 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179309-09435-06252019-1605
10 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179310-09435-06102019-1433

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Valley Forge (historical): 23 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Gold. 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 - GoldGoldProspect
Cushing BankIronPast Producer
Dean J.H. LandIronPast Producer
Biels QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cowans QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hawn QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Holler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
M.P.Cayce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mueller & Sons QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Farmington2.6 miles19
Ogborn4.1 miles19
De Lassus4.6 miles19
Hurryville5.9 miles19
Rock Springs6.2 miles19
Hamilton Town6.6 miles18
Doe Run7.2 miles18
Libertyville7.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 757407. 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.