Boze Mill, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Ozark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63935. It lies near Midnight Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Riverton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Gatewood quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Gatewood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Riverton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Riverton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Boze Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,059 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 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 | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | JOLIF FIRE |
| 25 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GOODWATER |
| 20 August 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HUFSTEDLER FIRE |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177402-07526-08122018-1910 |
| 12 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DEAD PINE |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 40 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | INDEPENDENCE |
| 26 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SMOKEY HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Boze Mill: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Gold Mine | Gold, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ab and Carl Johnson | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Burgesser Mine | Iron | Prospect | 1907 | |
| Carl Johnson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Carson Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Charles Johnson Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Elbert Roberts Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Mrs.Ella Roberts Property | Iron | Past Producer | 1936 | |
| Roy Leamon Property | Iron | Occurrence | Surface |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lulu | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Jobe | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hollis | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Jobe (historical) | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Billmore | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Braswell | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| McFry Ford | 7.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122573302 | 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 748987. 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.







