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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.

Boze Mill within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

86 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning10
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
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
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarism12 acresMark Twain National ForestJOLIF FIRE
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestGOODWATER
20 August 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestHUFSTEDLER FIRE
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177402-07526-08122018-1910
12 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresMark Twain National ForestDEAD PINE
4 July 2012Fireworks40 acresMark Twain National ForestINDEPENDENCE
26 July 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 July 2012Arson/incendiarism65 acresMark Twain National ForestSMOKEY HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alpha Gold MineGold, IronPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ab and Carl JohnsonIronOccurrenceSurface
Burgesser MineIronProspect1907
Carl Johnson ProspectIronOccurrenceSurface
Carson BankIronPast Producer
Charles Johnson ProspectIronProspect
Elbert Roberts MineIronPast ProducerSurface
Mrs.Ella Roberts PropertyIronPast Producer1936
Roy Leamon PropertyIronOccurrenceSurface

Every working recorded in Oregon 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
Riverton1.1 miles14
Lulu6.1 miles13
Jobe6.3 miles12
Hollis6.5 miles13
Jobe (historical)6.7 miles12
Billmore7.0 miles14
Braswell7.1 miles13
McFry Ford7.2 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.

Wikidata item Q122573302The 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.