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Mozier, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Hamburg precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62053. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Dale Valley quadrangle. It stands 446 feet above sea level.

Mozier within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Mozier between 1999 and 2018, burning about 159 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1

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
9 April 2003Debris and open burning6.0 acresGreat Rivers National Wildlife RefugeLEVEE (GUYTON)
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresGreat Rivers National Wildlife RefugeNATURE TRAIL WILDFIRE
21 March 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesADAM BAILEY
15 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMARGARET PIKE
12 March 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBRIAN JOHNSON FIRE
12 March 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGreat Rivers National Wildlife RefugeSWLVE
10 March 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGreat Rivers National Wildlife RefugeBYANTS CREEK
1 November 2000Natural40 acresGreat Rivers National Wildlife RefugeABC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mozier: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Fox Creek Shale ExposureClayProspect
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mozier in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1999Tornado (F2)Mozier$300,000no account filed
February 1999Tornado (F1)Mozier$100,000no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindMozier-Thunderstorm winds caused a wide swath of tree damage across the northern portions of Calhoun County. Numerous trees were blown down, some of which were blocking many roads in the area.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMozier-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree blocking Illinois Route 96 in Mozier. Several trees were blown down on the west side of Hardin.
December 2010Tornado (EF0)Mozier-A tornado touched down three miles north northwest of Mozier in the Calhoun County conservation area called Rip Rap Landing. It crossed Illinois Route 96 near West Panther Creek Road and then traveled northeast crossing Hootowl Hollow Road before dissipating just west of Hillcrest. Damage was confined to uprooted trees.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Mozier-The Montgomery, Lincoln and Pike County, Missouri tornado crossed the Mississippi River south southeast of Mozier and continued to 3 miles west of Kampsville. Damage was limited to snapped and uprooted trees.
May 2004HailMozier-The public reported 3/4 inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Mozier Landing2.8 miles13
Belleview4.4 miles16
Hamburg4.6 miles15
Kampsville7.4 miles12
Michael7.8 miles14
Cliffdale8.0 miles13
Star City11.6 miles15
Hardin11.7 miles14

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 MozierAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6927971The 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 414158. 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.

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.