French Mills, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63645. It stands on Little Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Pile Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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 Coldwater quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Rock Pile Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2000 USGS Rock Pile Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of French Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,282 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | MARSH CREEK |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MARBLE CREEK |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | TURNER |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | FISH TRAP |
| 7 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 207 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TILK HOLLOW |
| 26 April 1996 | Smoking | 11 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TILK HOLLOW |
| 20 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 39 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ARNETT MOUNTAIN |
| 18 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 239 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PATTERSON MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of French Mills: 14 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Manganese, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubuchen Shafts | Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Aubuchon Mine | Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| L M Hebener Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Phillips Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-Cobalt | Cobalt, Lead, Nickel, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-Cobalt | Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-Cobalt | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-Cobalt | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Copper-Nickle-Cobalt | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Ware Mine | Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide Ford | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Faro | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Marsh Creek | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Braddy Ford (historical) | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Jewett | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Varsh Ford | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Tin Mountain | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Creek Nation | 6.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749998. 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.













