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One of 12 National Register listings published here for St. Francois County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Howlett Gulf
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 10 E. Main St., Park Hills, 63601
- When was it listed? November 2019
- Category. building
- Township. St. Francois township
- National Register reference number. 100004602 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Howlett Gulf between 1992 and 2018, burning about 138 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 1992 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 22 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 138114-09401-03162016-1348 |
| 10 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 80 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 80 workings within 5 miles of Howlett Gulf: 73 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonne Terre Mill | Dolomite | Producer | ||
| Bonne Terre Quarry and Mill | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Flat River Sub-District | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1742 | |
| Leadwood Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay Kaolin | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Flat River | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, Nickel | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Hazel Run Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Leadwood Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, Nickel | Producer | 1898, 1903 | |
| Unknown - Lead - Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Central Lead Co. Shaft | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Hills, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | $20,000 | Golf ball-size hail fell in Bonne Terre with numerous large trees down over central parts of the county. Several windows were broken in the Park Hills area due to large hail and the strong wind gusts. A commercial building in Park Hills also sustained roof damage when a section of the roof peeled back. The county sheriff's department also reported hail the size of quarters before the storm moved out of the county. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines and small trees around town. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | A downburst occurred over the city of Park Hills and damaged three utility structures. Three other businesses sustained minor damage while several homes sustained minor roof damage. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Park Hills | - | At approximately 5:00 pm CDT a weak tornado occurred in Park Hills, Missouri. The tornado briefly touched down at the intersection of Business Route 67 and 5th Street. Two witnesses observed the tornado. A portion of an auto repair shop was damaged by the tornado. The tornado moved east and caused minor damage to the roof of three homes. Several large tree limbs were also broken by the tornado. The damage intensity of the tornado was rated F0. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down throughout town. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused minor damage in Park Hills. Roof shingles and a section of guttering were torn off a home. Some trees were also downed. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Park Hills | - | Storm spotters reported quarter size hail. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Lightning | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hills | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Field School | 0.5 miles | 2005 | |
 | Bonne Terre Depot | 5.1 miles | 1984 |
| St. Joe Lead Company Administration Building | 5.3 miles | 1984 | |
 | Bonne Terre Mine | 5.5 miles | 1974 |
 | Presbyterian Orphanage of Missouri | 6.6 miles | 2006 |
 | James Robinson McCormick House | 6.8 miles | 1998 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004602 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Francois County | All 12 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.