BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Phelps County · listed in 1969 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Maramec Iron Works District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
The listing
- Address. 7 mi. S of St. James on MO 8, St. James, 65559
- When was it listed? April 1969
- Category. district
- Township. Meramec township
- National Register reference number. 69000122 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Maramec Iron Works District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 322 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230757-08110-09302020-1720 |
| 29 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 144732-02811-07292016-1151 |
| 28 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 1993 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Maramec Iron Works District: 26 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Rosati Stone | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dawson Bank | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| C O Parry Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Cooper Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. James Chapel | 4.9 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 69000122 in Record Group 79. |
| Phelps County | All 9 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.