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One of 8 National Register listings published here for Laclede County · listed in 1985 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bennett Spring State Park Hatchery-Lodge Area Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- Address. MO A64, Bennett Spring, 65536
- When was it listed? March 1985
- Category. district
- Also known as. ECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR
- Township. Spring Hollow township
- Architectural style. National Park Service rustic
- National Register reference number. 85000504 - 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
219 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Bennett Spring State Park Hatchery-Lodge Area Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,151 acres in total. None started naturally. 137 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 137 |
| Debris and open burning | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 153 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bennett Spring State Park Hatchery-Lodge Area Historic District: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000504 in Record Group 79. |
| Laclede County | All 8 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.