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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1945 USGS Round Spring quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Sinkin quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Round Spring quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1967 USGS Loggers Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Loggers Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | TURTLE CURVE |
| 1 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CAVE BRANCH HOLLOW 2 |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CAVE BRANCH HOLLOW |
| 3 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 127210-10164-08032015-2253 |
| 18 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | AUGUST |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | STRANGE |
| 20 June 2012 | Natural | 1.4 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HELLUMS HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slater Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Swinney Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falk Mill (historical) | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Halcyon | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| West Bunker | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Turtle | 8.5 miles | 18 | |
| Gladden | 9.2 miles | 17 | |
| Max | 10.7 miles | 18 | |
| Fawn | 11.9 miles | 18 | |
| Stone Hill | 12.0 miles | 19 |
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.














