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Maupin, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63041. The Survey maps it on the Richwoods quadrangle.

Maupin within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Maupin between 1994 and 2018, burning about 46 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
24 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176724-05007-04292018-1001
17 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176644-05007-04172018-1852
9 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 1994Debris and open burning13 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 March 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 February 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation133833-05007-02282016-1309

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Maupin: 15 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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
Ditch MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
French DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Venable PropertyLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Ditch Lead MinesBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Shady DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Lead + BariteBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Ben Hornie's DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Darley Lead MineLeadPast Producer
Eastwood MinesLeadPast Producer
Rogers DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maupin in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailMaupin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Luebbering2.8 miles20
Hemker4.6 miles20
Hensley4.6 miles19
Lonedell5.2 miles20
Huff5.4 miles19
Mount Hope6.2 miles20
Calvey (historical)7.4 miles20
George (historical)8.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738073. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.