BlockVinita Terrace, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in University Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63114. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. 277 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
On record in Vinita Terrace
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary Schoollisted 2017 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1933 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Vinita Terrace between 2006 and 2014, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Vinita Terrace: 27 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1 | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| St Louis Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Mine Number Five | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Highlands Mine Number Four | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No 7 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No.6 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Gilker Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Lagarce Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanley Hills | 0.3 miles | 20 | |
| Vinita Park | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Greendale | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Pagedale | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Bel-Nor | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Charlack | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Sycamore Hills | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Bel-Ridge | 1.7 miles | 20 |
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 Vinita Terrace | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3300293 | 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 756855. 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.