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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1930 USGS Pearl quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Pearl quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Pleasant Dale Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Pleasant Dale Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional 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 burning | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | LEVEE (GUYTON) |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | NATURE TRAIL WILDFIRE |
| 21 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ADAM BAILEY |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MARGARET PIKE |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRIAN JOHNSON FIRE |
| 12 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | SWLVE |
| 10 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | BYANTS CREEK |
| 1 November 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | Great Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | ABC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Creek Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Mozier | $300,000 | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Mozier | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mozier | - | 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mozier | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree blocking Illinois Route 96 in Mozier. Several trees were blown down on the west side of Hardin. |
| December 2010 | Tornado (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 2006 | Tornado (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 2004 | Hail | Mozier | - | The public reported 3/4 inch hail. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozier Landing | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Belleview | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hamburg | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Kampsville | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Michael | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cliffdale | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Star City | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hardin | 11.7 miles | 14 |
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 Mozier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6927971 | The 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.






