Vinegar Hill, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Poplar Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63901. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harviell quadrangle.
On record in Vinegar Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John Archibald Phillips Houselisted 1998 · 0.8 miles away
St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Depotlisted 1994 · 0.9 miles away
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depotlisted 1994 · 0.9 miles away
Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Department Store Buildinglisted 2006 · 1.0 miles away- South Sixth Street Historic Districtlisted 1998 · 1.0 miles away
- Poplar Bluff Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1994 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Harviell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harviell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Harviell quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Vinegar Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 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 | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251235-01201-09062020-1711 |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251236-01201-09302020-1523 |
| 28 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178114-01201-09202018-1836 |
| 11 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Vinegar Hill: 18 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aden Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Allen Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hooper Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Leib Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Town | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Ashcroft Addition | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Poplar Bluff | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Morocco | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shady Dell | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Valley | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Green Forest | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kinzer | 3.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735300. 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.






