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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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
- 1968 USGS The Sinks quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Ozark National Scenic River | CHARLES WF |
| 30 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | LL PICNIC |
| 3 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 127210-10164-08032015-2253 |
| 5 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | CONWAY |
| 14 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Tripoli | Silica | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Mill (historical) | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Himont (historical) | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Midridge | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Round Spring | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Rat | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Timber | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Sinkin (historical) | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Shannondale | 8.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q122598837 | The 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.













