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Falk Mill, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Sinkin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63629. It lies in Falk Mill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Loggers Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Falk Mill within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 20 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Falk Mill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,920 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 66 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/incendiarism66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
19 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestTURTLE CURVE
1 September 1992Arson/incendiarism10 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
9 August 2006Arson/incendiarism22 acresMark Twain National ForestCAVE BRANCH HOLLOW 2
9 August 2006Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresMark Twain National ForestCAVE BRANCH HOLLOW
18 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestAUGUST
2 July 2012Natural6.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSTRANGE
17 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCITY LIMITS
20 June 2012Natural1.4 acresMark Twain National ForestHELLUMS HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Falk Mill (historical): 9 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Bunker BankIronOccurrenceLimonite
Bunker BankIronPast Producer
Red Hill MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Red Hill MineIronPast Producer
Slater MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Slater MineIronPast Producer
Swinney LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dent 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
Gila0.7 miles20
West Bunker4.7 miles19
Halcyon5.0 miles17
Turtle8.3 miles18
Gladden9.2 miles17
Max10.3 miles18
Stone Hill11.4 miles19
Fawn11.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739911. 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.