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Mauser Mill, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Moore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63629. It lies near Schoolhouse Hollow. The Survey maps it on The Sinks quadrangle.

Mauser Mill within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Mauser Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 873 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
31 August 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresOzark National Scenic RiverCHARLES WF
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLL PICNIC
3 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation127210-10164-08032015-2253
5 May 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 May 2005Debris and open burning2.6 acresMark Twain National ForestCONWAY
14 May 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 May 1997Arson/incendiarism75 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Arson/incendiarism25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mauser Mill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Unknown TripoliSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shannon 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
Brushy Mill (historical)2.5 miles20
Himont (historical)3.7 miles18
Midridge5.2 miles18
Round Spring5.6 miles20
Rat6.2 miles18
Timber6.8 miles20
Sinkin (historical)8.2 miles17
Shannondale8.4 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122598837The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750968. 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.