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White, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63630. It stands on Fountain Farm Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

White within Washington 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of White (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,016 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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/undetermined72
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism22 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128791-11043-09242015-1506
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128792-11043-09242015-1214
22 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 August 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 85 workings within 5 miles of White (historical): 57 past producers, 21 producers, 5 unknowns, 2 prospects. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper. 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
PotosiLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, IronPast Producer1763
Mineral Point GroupLead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerBarite, Galena
Bellefontaine MinesLeadPast Producer
Cannon MinesLeadPast Producer
Gulf ProspectLeadPast Producer
Prairie DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Adelbert (historical)0.7 miles20
Fountain Farm0.7 miles20
Cadet1.0 miles20
Shibboleth1.8 miles18
Happy Hollow1.8 miles18
French Town2.3 miles20
Mineral Point2.6 miles20
Bellefontaine3.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739951. 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.