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Gila, 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 near Falk Mill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Loggers Lake quadrangle.

Gila 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Gila between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,330 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 65 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/incendiarism65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Other causes1

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
3 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation127210-10164-08032015-2253
18 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestAUGUST
2 July 2012Natural6.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSTRANGE
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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gila: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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
Slater MineIronPast Producer
Swinney LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
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
Falk Mill (historical)0.7 miles20
Halcyon5.1 miles17
West Bunker5.2 miles19
Turtle8.5 miles18
Gladden9.2 miles17
Max10.7 miles18
Fawn11.9 miles18
Stone Hill12.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740449. 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.