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Johns Mills, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Spencer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65746. The Survey maps it on the Bruner quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Johns Mills within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Johns Mills (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 532 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 1996Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas 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 Johns Mills (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Harpers MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Depew1.7 miles14
Ongo3.1 miles13
Dogwood3.2 miles14
Arden5.8 miles12
Tigris6.4 miles14
Red Bank8.0 miles12
Granada8.2 miles15
Old Merritt9.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733854. 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.