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Maxwells Mill, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Kaolin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63623. The Survey maps it on the Johnson Mountain quadrangle.

Maxwells Mill within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Maxwells Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,608 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism28
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresMark Twain National ForestMAXWELL FIRE
24 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresMark Twain National ForestCOUNTY ROAD 72
24 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestMIDDLE FORK
21 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMark Twain National ForestTRACTOR
14 July 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresMark Twain National ForestSUMMER FIRE
6 June 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresMark Twain National ForestKEITH SPRINGS
6 June 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCOUNCIL BLUFF 17
28 June 2012Arson/incendiarism616 acresMark Twain National ForestEAST END

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Maxwells Mill: 12 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Nitrogen-Nitrates, Copper. 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
Nitre CaveNitrogen-NitratesPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Burt BankIronOccurrenceSurface
Eaton Iron MineIronPast Producer
Love BankIronPast Producer
Rogers BankIronOccurrence
Sligo Iron MineIronPast Producer
Burt MineClayPast Producer
Kaolin MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Enough (historical)2.9 miles20
East End3.9 miles22
Good Water4.0 miles22
Shepard (historical)4.6 miles20
Goodland5.1 miles22
Redmondville5.5 miles20
Banner7.3 miles19
Bixby8.2 miles22

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 Q122543041The 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 739930. 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.